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    老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组?
    The Most Confusing Words in English

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    英语中有许多单词形似,
    但意义却截然不同。
    这些词的存在让不少人无奈,
    一不小心就掉入陷阱。

    在外网上,
    老外总结了17组常见的容易混淆的词
    来看看有让你头疼不已的那一组吗?


    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.
    (副词)他负责销售,以及其他许多事。

    (preposition)
    Besides tennis, I play soccer and basketball.
    (介词)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.
    (第一种)他在德国的经历相当凄惨。

    (second meaning) I'm afraid I don't have much sales experience.
    (第二种)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(形容词性物主代词),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(常用于科学,但也涉及道德领域)。

    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。

    记住这些词的区别,
    你的英语就会有很大提升噢!


    编辑:Cherry❤
    文章来源:百度翻译❤


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