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1. clothes, cloth, clothing
clothes 统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数;cloth 指布,为不可数名词;clothing 服装的总称,指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of .
incident 指小事件,accident 指不幸的事故。如:He was killed in the accident.
3. amount, number
amount 后接不可数名词, number 后接可数名词,如:a number of students.
4. family, house, home
home 指家,包括住处和家人,house 指房子、住宅,family 指家庭成员,如:My family is a happy one.
5. sound, voice, noise
sound 指自然界各种各样的声音,voice 指人的嗓音,noise 指噪音,如:I hate the loud noise outside.
6. photo, picture, drawing
photo 指用照相机拍摄的照片,picture 可指相片、图片、电影片,drawing 指画的画,如:Let's go and see a good picture.
7. vocabulary, word
vocabulary 指词汇,一个人拥有的单词量;word 指具体的单词。如:He has a large vocabulary.
8. population, people
population 指人口、人数,people 指具体的人,如:China has a large population.
9. weather, climate
weather 指一天内具体的天气状况,climate 指长期的气候状况,如:The climate here is not good for you.
10. road, street, path, way
road 指具体的公路、马路,street 指街道,path 指小路、小径,way 指道路、途径。如:take this road; in the street; show me the way to the museum.
11. course, subject
course 指课程(可包括多门科目),subject 指科目(具体的学科),如:a summer course.
12. custom, habit
custom 指传统风俗、习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接to do;habit 指生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接of doing. 如:I've got the habit of drinking a lot.
13. cause, reason
cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因,后接 of sth./doing sth.;reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth., 如:the reason for being late.
14. exercise, exercises, practice
exercise 指运动、锻炼(不可数),exercises 指练习(可数),practice 指(反复做的)练习。如:Practice makes perfect.
15. class, lesson
作“课”解时,两者可以替换;指课文用lesson,指班级或全体学生用class,如:lesson 6; class 5.
16. speech, talk, lecture
17. officer, official
officer 指部队的军官,official 指政府官员,如:an army officer .
18. work, job
二者均指工作,work 不可数,job 可数,如:a good job.
19. couple, pair
couple 主要指人或动物,pair 多指由两部分组成的东西,如:a pair of trousers.
20. country, nation, state, land
country 侧重指版图、疆域,nation 指人民、国民、民族,state 侧重指政府、政体,land 指国土、国家。如:The whole nation was sad at the news.
21. cook, cooker
cook 指厨师,cooker 指厨具,如:He is a good cook.
22. damage, damages
damage 是不可数名词,指损害、损失;damages 为复数形式,指赔偿金,如:$900 damages.
23. police, policeman
police 是警察的总称,后接复数谓语动词;policeman 指某个具体的警察。如:The police are questioning everyone in the house.
24. problem, question
problem 常和困难连系,前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise;question 常和疑问连系,多和ask, answer 连用。
25. man, a man
26. chick, chicken
二者均可指小鸡,chicken 还可以当鸡肉,如:The chicken is delicious.
当“电报”解时,telegram 指具体的,telegraph 指抽象的,如:a telegram, by telegraph.
travel 是最常用的,trip 指短期的旅途,journey 指稍长的旅途,voyage 指海上航行,如:a three-day trip.
29. sport, game
sport 多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动,如打球、游泳、打猎、赛马等;game 指决定胜负的游戏,通常有一套规则。如:His favorite sport is swimming.
30. price, prize
price 指价格,prize 指奖、奖品、奖金,如:win the first prize The price is high/low.
31. a number of, the number of
a number of 指“许多”,谓语动词用复数。the number of 指“…的数目”,谓语动词用单数。如:The number of students is increasing.
32. in front of, in the front of
in front of 指范围外的前面,in the front of 指范围内的前面,如:In the front of the room sits a boy.
33. of the day, of a day
of the day 指每一天的、当时的、当代的,of a day 指暂时的、不长久的,如:a famous scientist of the day.
34. three of us, the three of us
three of us 我们(不止三个)中的三个,the three of us 我们三个(就三个人)。如:The three of us——Tom, Jack7 and I went to the cinema.
35. by bus, on the bus
by bus 表手段、方式,不用冠词;on the bus 表范围。如:They went there by bus.
36. for a moment, for the moment
for a moment “片刻、一会儿”,for the moment“暂时、一时”,如:Thinking for a moment, he agreed.
37. next year, the next year
next year 将来时间状语,the next year 过去将来时间状语,如:He said he would go abroad the next year.
38. more than a year, more than one year
more than a year“一年多”,more than one year“超过一年”(两年或三年等)
39. take advice, take the(one's) advice
take advice“征求意见”,take the advice“接受忠告”,如:He refused to take the advice and failed again.
40. take air, take the air
take air“传播、走漏”,take the air“到户外去、散步”,如:We take the air every day.
41. in a word, in words
in a word“总之、一句话”, in words“口头上”,如:In a word, you are right.
42. in place of, in the place of
in place of“代替”,in the place of“在…地方”,如:A new building is built in the place of the old one.
43. in secret, in the secret
in secret“秘密地、暗自地、偷偷地”,一般用作状语;in the secret 指知道内情、知道秘密,一般用作表语。如:My mother was in the secret from t
he beginning.
44. a girl, one girl
a girl 可泛指所有女孩, one girl 指一个女孩,如:Can one girl carry such a big box?
45. take a chair, take the chair
take a chair“相当于”,sit down“坐下”,take the chair“开始开会”
46. go to sea, by sea, by the sea
go to sea“当海员、出航”,by sea“乘船、由海路”, by the sea“在海边”,如:go by sea.
47. the doctor and teacher, the doctor and the teacher
the doctor and teacher 指一个人,既是医生又是老师;the doctor and the teacher 指两个人,一个医生和一个老师。
48. in office, in the office
in office“在职的”,in the office“在办公室里”,如:He is in office, not out of office.
49. in bed, on the bed
in bed“卧在床上”,on the bed“在床上”,如:The book is on the bed. He is ill in bed.
50. in charge of, in the charge of
in charge of“管理、负责照料”,in the charge of“由……照料”,如:He is in charge of the matter. The matter is in the charge of her.
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1 incident | |
n.附带事件,小事件;事件,事变;adj.易发生的;附属的;入射的 | |
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2 series | |
n.连续;系列 | |
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3 conquer | |
vt.克服,征服,战胜,占领;vi.得胜 | |
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4 telegram | |
n.电报;vt.用电报发送(打电报) | |
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5 telegraph | |
n.电报,电报机;v.打电报,显示 | |
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6 voyage | |
n.航行,航海,航程,旅行,航空;vi./vt.航海,航行;渡过,飞过 | |
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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