英语词汇“kind”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

kind

例句

noun | adjective

kindkind1 /kaɪnd/ noun ► kind

a group of things that are similar to each other in some way, or one of the things in the group:

“What kind of car did you buy?” “A Ford.”

We like to eat at lots of different kinds of restaurants, especially Mexican and Thai ones.

► type

type means the same as kind but sounds a little more formal. You usually use type when you are writing about technical or scientific subjects:

The body of the car is made of two types of metal.

This type of monkey lives mostly in the highest branches.

► sort

sort means the same as kind but is not used as often:

What sort of job are you looking for?

► form (formal)

one type of something that has many different types. You use form especially when one type of something is physically different from the other types, or when it is organized in a different way:

The people want a new form of government - they want democracy, not dictatorship.

This form of skin cancer is very difficult to treat.

► of a scientific/practical/serious etc. nature (formal)

used to describe the particular kind that something is. You use this phrase especially to describe situations:

The people who have recently lost their jobs are given help of a practical nature - they are shown how to use the job website and given advice about going to interviews.

There have been seven fires this month, all of a similar nature, and the police think the same person started all of them.

► species

a group of animals or plants that are all similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants of the same type. Species is used in scientific language:

There are more than 40 species of birds living on the island.

➔ GRAMMAR: The plural of species has the same spelling as the singular form: one species - two species

► variety

a type of a thing, especially a plant or a food, that is slightly different from other things in the same group:

The Department of Agriculture is testing two more varieties of wheat for the disease.

➔ see category

noun | adjective

kindkind2 /kaɪnd/ adjective ► kind

willing to help other people:

Our neighbors were very kind to us when we moved into our new house; they even made us dinner!

I could hardly lift my suitcase, but luckily a kind man helped me at the airport.

► nice

friendly and kind:

She is a really nice person who is always ready to help you.

► considerate

thinking about other people’s feelings and what they want, and careful not to cause problems for them:

It was considerate of Sheila to call and tell us that she would be late.

► thoughtful

kind, and thinking about doing things that will please someone you know:

Jenny called to see if I was feeling better - that was really thoughtful of her.

► caring

kind, and wanting to help and take care of people:

She is lucky to have such a caring husband.

► gentle

nice and kind, and never angry or violent:

My father was always very gentle with us - he never hit us or even raised his voice.

► helpful

always willing to help people:

A helpful woman at the tourist office gave me some suggestions about places to visit.

► generous

always giving a lot of money, presents, or help to other people, without expecting anything back from them:

My dad offered to pay for my plane ticket, which was very generous of him.

► unselfish

caring about other people and thinking about their needs and wishes before your own:

Mothers are expected to be unselfish, but they need to take care of themselves too.

► good-hearted

kind and generous and wanting to do nice things for people:

She was a good-hearted woman who loved children.

► humane (formal)

treating people or animals in a way that is not cruel and causes them as little pain or suffering as possible:

According to the law, farm animals must be kept in humane conditions.

ANTONYMS ➔ see cruel, mean2 ➔ see nice, Describing People’s CharacterADVERBS: kindYou can make the adjectives kind, nice, considerate, thoughtful, gentle, helpful, generous, unselfish, and humane into adverbs by using an -ly ending: “Here, let me help you,” she said kindly. | Her uncle generously offered to pay for the meal. | All the animals used in the movie were treated humanely.

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