1. clothes, cloth, clothing clothes統(tǒng)指各種衣服,謂語動詞永遠是復(fù)數(shù);cloth指布,為不可數(shù)名詞;clothing 服裝的總稱,指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of 。 2. incident, accident incident指小事件,accident指不幸的事故。如:He was killed in the accident. 3. amount, number amount后接不可數(shù)名詞, number后接可數(shù)名詞,如:a number of students。 4. family, house, home home 指家,包括住處和家人,house指房子、住宅,family指家庭成員,如:My family is a happy one. 5. sound, voice, noise sound指自然界各種各樣的聲音,voice指人的嗓音,noise指噪音,如:I hate the loud noise outside. 6. photo, picture, drawing photo指用照相機拍攝的照片,picture可指相片、圖片、電影片,drawing指畫的畫,如:Let's go and see a good picture. 7. vocabulary, word vocabulary指詞匯,一個人擁有的單詞量;word指具體的單詞。如:He has a large vocabulary. 8. population, people population指人口、人數(shù),people指具體的人,如: 9. weather, climate weather指一天內(nèi)具體的天氣狀況,climate指長期的氣候狀況,如:The climate here is not good for you. 10. road, street, path, way road指具體的公路、馬路,street指街道,path指小路、小徑,way指道路、途徑。如:take this road; in the street; show me the way to the museum. 11. course, subject course指課程(可包括多門科目),subject指科目(具體的學(xué)科),如:a summer course。 12. custom, habit custom指傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗、習(xí)俗,也可指生活習(xí)慣,后接to do;habit指生活習(xí)慣,習(xí)慣成自然,后接of doing。 如:I've got the habit of drinking a lot. 13. cause, reason cause 指造成某一事實或現(xiàn)象的直接原因,后接of sth./doing sth.;reason用來解釋某種現(xiàn)象或結(jié)果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth., 如:the reason for being late。 14. exercise, exercises, practice exercise指運動、鍛煉(不可數(shù)),exercises指練習(xí)(可數(shù)),practice指(反復(fù)做的)練習(xí)。如:Practice makes perfect. 15. class, lesson 作“課”解時,兩者可以替換;指課文用lesson,指班級或全體學(xué)生用class,如:lesson 6; class 5。 16. speech, talk, lecture speech指在公共場所所做的經(jīng)過準備的較正式的演說,talk指日常生活中的一般的談話、講話,lecture指學(xué)術(shù)性的演講、講課,如:a series of lecture on… 17. officer, official officer指部隊的軍官,official指政府官員,如:an army officer 。 18. work, job 二者均指工作,work不可數(shù),job可數(shù),如:a good job。 19. couple, pair couple主要指人或動物,pair多指由兩部分組成的東西,如:a pair of trousers。 20. country, nation, state, land country側(cè)重指版圖、疆域,nation指人民、國民、民族,state側(cè)重指政府、政體,land指國土、國家。如:The whole nation was sad at the news. 21. cook, cooker cook指廚師,cooker指廚具,如:He is a good cook. 22. damage, damages damage是不可數(shù)名詞,指損害、損失;damages為復(fù)數(shù)形式,指賠償金,如:$900 damages。 23. police, policeman police是警察的總稱,后接復(fù)數(shù)謂語動詞;policeman 指某個具體的警察。如:The police are questioning everyone in the house. 24. problem, question problem常和困難聯(lián)系,前面的動詞常為think about, solve, raise;question常和疑問聯(lián)系,多和ask, answer連用。 25. man, a man man指人類,a man指一個男人。如:Man will conquer nature. 26. chick, chicken 二者均可指小雞,chicken還可以當(dāng)雞肉,如:The chicken is delicious. 27. telegram, telegraph 當(dāng)“電報”解時,telegram指具體的,telegraph指抽象的,如:a telegram, by telegraph。 28. trip, journey, travel, voyage travel是最常用的,trip指短期的旅途,journey指稍長的旅途,voyage指海上航行,如:a three-day trip。 29. sport, game sport多指戶外的游戲或娛樂活動,如打球、游泳、打獵、賽馬等;game指決定勝負的游戲,通常有一套規(guī)則。如:His favorite sport is swimming. 30. price, prize price指價格,prize指獎、獎品、獎金,如:win the first prize The price is high/low. 31. a number of, the number of a number of指“許多”,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)。the number of指“…的數(shù)目”,謂語動詞用單數(shù)。如:The number of students is increasing. 32. in front of, in the front of in front of指范圍外的前面,in the front of指范圍內(nèi)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、當(dāng)時的、當(dāng)代的,of a day指暫時的、不長久的,如:a famous scientist of the day。 34. three of us, the three of us three of us我們(不止三個)中的三個,the three of us我們?nèi)齻€(就三個人)。如:The three of us---Tom, Jack and I went to the cinema. 35. by bus, on the bus by bus表手段、方式,不用冠詞;on the bus表范圍。如:They went there by bus. 36. for a moment, for the moment for a moment “片刻、一會兒”,for the moment“暫時、一時”,如:Thinking for a moment, he agreed. 37. next year, the next year next year將來時間狀語,the next year過去將來時間狀語,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“超過一年”(兩年或三年等) 39. take advice, take the(one’s) advice take advice“征求意見”,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“傳播、走漏”,take the air“到戶外去、散步”,如:We take the air every day. 41. in a word, in words in a word“總之、一句話”, in words“口頭上”,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”,一般用作狀語;in the secret指知道內(nèi)情、知道秘密,一般用作表語。如:My mother was in the secret from the beginning. 44. a girl, one girl a girl可泛指所有女孩, one girl指一個女孩,如:Can one girl carry such a big box? 45. take a chair, take the chair take a chair“相當(dāng)于”,sit down“坐下”,take the chair“開始開會” 46. go to sea, by sea, by the sea go to sea“當(dāng)海員、出航”,by sea“乘船、由海路”, by the sea“在海邊”,如:go by sea。 47. the doctor and teacher, the doctor and the teacher the doctor and teacher指一個人,既是醫(yī)生又是老師;the doctor and the teacher指兩個人,一個醫(yī)生和一個老師。 48. in office, in the office in office“在職的”,in the office“在辦公室里”,如:He is in office, not out of office. 49. in bed, on the bed in bed“臥在床上”,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、負責(zé)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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