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老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组?

2017-05-10 梦树、然少 沪江英语


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?


1beside / 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。



2clothes / 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。



3dead / 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。



4experience / 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。



5felt / 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。



6female / 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。



7its / 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。



8last / 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?



9lay / 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。



10lose / 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。



11male / 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。



12price / 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?



13principal / 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。



14quite / 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。



15sensible / 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。



16shade / 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?



17some 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。



除了上述的单词,你还遇到过哪些易混词呢?欢迎留言告诉我们哦~


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