老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组
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老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组
1
beside besides
beside: 介词,意为紧挨着,在旁边。
例句:
I sit beside John in class.
上课时我坐在约翰旁边。
Could you get me that
book? It’s beside the lamp.
你能把那本书给我吗?它就放在灯的旁边。
besides:
副词,意为也同样地;做介词时意为除此之外。
例句:
(adverb)
He’s responsible for sales, and a lot more
besides.
他负责销售,以及其他许多事。
(preposition)
Besides tennis, I play soccer and basketball.
除了网球,我还喜欢足球和篮球。
2
clothes cloths
clothes: 你穿的衣物,如牛仔裤、衬衫、上衣等。
例句:
Just a moment, let me change my
clothes.
等一会儿,让我先换个衣服。
Tommy, get
your clothes on!
汤米,把你的衣服穿好!
cloths:
用来做清洁或其他用途的材料。
例句:
There are some
cloths in the closet. Use those to clean the
kitchen.
壁橱里有一些布。用它们来清洁厨房吧。
I have a
few pieces of cloth that I use.
我有一些用过的布块。
3
dead died
dead: 形容词,意为死亡的,无生命的。
例句:
Unfortunately, our dog has
been dead for a few months.
不幸的是,我们的狗已经去世几个月了。
Don’t touch that bird. It’s dead.
别碰那只鸟。它已经死了。
died: 动词die的过去式和过去分词形式。
例句:
His grandfather died two years
ago.
他的祖父两年前去世了。
A number of people
have died in the accident.
许多人在这场意外中丧生。
4
experience experiment
experience:
名词,意为某人经历的某事;也可以用作不可数名词,表
示经验,通过完成某事而获得的知识。
例句:
(first meaning)His experiences in
Germany were rather depressing.
他在德国的经历相当凄惨。
(second meaning) I’m afraid I
don’t have much sales experience.
恐怕我的销售经验不足。
experiment:
名词,意为为了得到结果而做的某事,常在谈论科学家
及其研究时使用。
例句:
They did a number of experiments last week.
上周,他们做了许多实验。
Don’t worry it’s just an
experiment. I’m not going to keep my beard.
别担心,只是个实验而已。我不打算留胡子。
5
felt fell
felt: 动词feel的过去式和过去分词形式。
例句:
I
felt better after I had a good dinner.
一顿丰盛的晚饭后,我感觉好多了。
He hasn’t felt so
well for a long time.
他很久都没有感觉这么好了。
fell: 动词fall的过去式。
例句:
He
fell from a tree and broke his leg.
他从树上掉下来,摔伤了腿。
Unfortunately, I fell
down and hurt myself.
不幸的是,我掉了下来,受了伤。
6
female feminine
female: 女人或雌性动物。
例句:
The female of the species is very
aggressive.
这种雌性生物极具攻击力。
The question
‘female or male’ means ‘are you a woman or a man’.
这个女或男的问题问的是你是女人还是男人。
feminine:
形容词,用来描述女性常有的特征或行为方式。
例句:
He’s
an excellent boss with a feminine intuition.
他是一位优秀的老板,有着女性的直觉。
The house was
decorated in a very feminine manner.
这座房子的装饰非常女性化。
7
its
it’s
its: 物主限定词,类似于my或your。
例句:
Its color is red.
它是红色的。
The dog
didn’t eat all of its food.
这只狗什么都不吃。
it’s: it is或it has的缩写形式。
例句:
(it is) It’s difficult to understand him.
他真是一个让人读不透的人。
(it has) It’s been a
long time since I had a beer.
我已经很久没喝过啤酒了。
8
last latest
last: 形容词,常表示最后的。
例句:
I took the last train to Memphis.
我乘上了去往孟斐斯的末班车。
This is the last test
of the semester!
这是本学期最后一次测验。
latest:
形容词,意为最近的或最新的。
例句:
His latest
book is excellent.
他的新书写得非常棒。
Have
you seen his latest painting?
你见过他最新的画作吗?
9
lay lie
lay:
动词,意为放下,过去式为laid,过去分词为laid。
例句:
He
laid his pencil down and listened to the teacher.
他放下手中的铅笔,听老师讲课。
I usually lay my pies
on the shelf to cool.
我常常把馅饼放在架子上,让它变凉。
lie: 动词,意为躺下,过去式为lay,过去分词是lain。
例句:
The girl lay on the bed asleep.
那个女孩躺在床上睡着了。
At the moment,
he’s lying on the bed.
此刻,他正躺在床上。
10
lose loose
lose: 动词,意为丢失。
例句:
I lost my watch!
我把手表弄丢了!
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
你有没有弄丢过珍贵的东西?
loose: 形容词,意义与绷紧的相反。
例句:
Your trousers are very loose!
你的裤子太松了!
I need to tighten
this screw. It’s loose.
我要把螺丝钉拧紧点,它太松了。
11
male masculine
male:男人或雄性动物。
例句:
The male of the species is very lazy.
这种雄性生物非常懒惰。
The question ‘female or
male’ means ‘are you a woman or a man’.
这个女或男的问题问的是你是女人还是男人。
masculine:
形容词,用来描述男性常有的特征或行为方式。
例句:
She’s a
very masculine woman.
她是一个女汉子。
His
opinions are just too masculine for me.
他的观点对我来说太大男子主义了。
12
price
prize
price: 名词,你为某物付出的钱。
例句:
The
price was very cheap.
价格非常便宜。
What’s
the price of this book?
这本书多少钱?
prize: 名词,奖励。
例句:
He won a prize
as best actor.
他获得了最佳男演员奖。
Have you
ever won a prize in a competition?
你有没有在比赛中得过奖?
13
principal
principle
principal: 形容词,意为最重要的。
例句:
The principal reason for my decision was the
money.
我之所以做这个决定,最重要的原因就是钱。
What are
the principal irregular verbs?
有哪些重要的不规则动词?
principle: 规则。
例句:
It’s the
first principle of aerodynamics.
这是空气动力学的第一准则。
He has very loose principles.
他的原则弹性很大。
14
quite quiet
quite: 副词,意为非常或相当。
例句:
This test is quite difficult.
这次测验非常难。
He was quite exhausted after the long
journey.
长时间的旅行后,他疲惫不堪。
quiet:
形容词,意思与喧闹的嘈杂的相反。
例句:
Could you please
be quiet?!
能请你安静点吗?
She’s a very
quiet girl.
她是一个非常安静的女孩。
15
sensible sensitive
sensible:
形容词,意为有常识的,即不笨的。
例句:
I wish
you would be more sensible about things.
我希望,你遇事能够更明智一点。
I’m afraid you aren’t
being very sensible.
恐怕你不够明智。
sensitive: 形容词,意为敏感的或易受伤害的。
例句:
You should be careful with David. He’s very
sensitive.
你跟大卫相处要注意些。他非常敏感。
Mary is
a very sensitive woman.
玛丽是一个极易受伤的女人。
16
shade shadow
shade: 在晴天隔绝太阳的荫凉区。
例句:
You should sit in the shade for a
while.
你应该到荫凉处坐会儿。
It’s too
hot. I’m going to find some shade.
太热了,我要找个地方乘凉。
shadow: 在晴天,由某物制造出的阴影区。
例句:
That tree casts a large shadow.
这棵树投下一大片阴影。
Have you ever noticed
your shadow getting longer as it gets later in the
day?
你注意到影子会随着天色越晚而拉长吗?
17
some time sometimes
some time:
指的是未来一个不确定的时间。
例句:
Let’s meet
for coffee some time.
找个时间一起喝杯咖啡吧。
I
don’t know when I’ll do it - but I will do it some
time.
我不知道什么时候会去做但我会在某个时候去做的。
sometimes: 频率副词,意为偶尔。
例句:
He
sometimes works late.
他有时候会工作到很晚。
Sometimes, I like eating Chinese food.
有时我喜欢吃中国菜。