容易混淆的單詞a/the:泛指/特指:Abeggarknockedatmydoor.Heaskedforamealandaglassofbeer.Thebeggarstoodonhisheadandsangsongs.HisnameisPercyButtons.admission:允許/admittance:入場權(quán)(refusesomebodyadmittanceto)acknowledge:公認(rèn)/admit:被迫承認(rèn)（認(rèn)錯）admitmistake,admitfailureaffluent:富足的/fluent:流利的alter為及物動詞，不跟介詞;alterthesystemanythingbut/nothingbut肯定說法例句：Heisalwayswiseenoughtoseegoodandevil,that’stosay,heisnothing(anything)butafool./Moneyis….reflectionofvalueofthegoodsapplyforajob申請工作/applyto:適用于…/運用于appreciation:欣賞感謝/appropriation：挪用公款artful:巧妙的，狡猾的astronomy：天文學(xué)/astrology：星相學(xué)audible:聽得到的/audacity:勇敢bale:大災(zāi)禍/bail：保釋beer:啤酒/bier:棺材clamorous：吵鬧/glamorous:魅力compassionate：憐憫同情的/passionate：激情的congregate:集中/segregate：隔離consultation：咨詢/constellation:星座detachment:分離超然/attachment：愛慕aspiration:抱負(fù)；inspiration：靈感as:做為/like:像例句：Iwanderedlonelyasacloud(likeacloud)例句：那些象我們祖先一樣生活的部落靠采集和打獵為生。Thetribesthatliveas(like)ourancestorsliveongatheringandhunting.例句：TheyfailedtoforeseethattheChineseforeigntradewouldhaveexplodedasitdidin2003.4）adapt:改編/adopt:采納、收養(yǎng)/adept:熟練的例句：Themovieisadapted(adopted)fromoneofHemingway’snovels.accordwithrules/accordingtorules/Inaccordancewithaccurate用詞準(zhǔn)確/precise測量準(zhǔn)確/concise簡明affect壞影響/influence中性影響/exertpositive(negative)effectsagency代理處/agenda議事日程affective：情感的/effective:有效的/efficient:有效率的affection：關(guān)愛、摯愛/affectation：虛偽做作altitude：海拔高度-attitude態(tài)度-aptitude能力announce:宣布（公開宣布:Ihaveanannouncement.）/declare:宣布(declarewaron…)/claim:宣稱(claimthesovereigntyover…territory)approachable:平易近人的/approach:方法、策略、做法（名詞）/reproach：譴責(zé)，責(zé)備amend:修正案/modify:潤色詞句arriveat(in)/reach:到達(dá)achievesuccess/attainone’sadolescentadulthood/attainsocialstatus/attainarankonaverage不是inaverageaverage正常人/common平民/ordinary普通人/normal行為思維正常compareAwithB:比較、比喻/contrastAwithB:比較差異/compareAtoB:將A比作Bconfine…to局限consistof=becomposedofcontradiction:矛盾/conflict:沖突contributeAtoB（之所以，是因為）/ascribeAtoB/attributeAtoB例句：WecontributetherapideconomicgrowthinChinatoitspolicyofreformandopeningtotheoutsideworld.例句：ThescarcityofdeerincertainregionsofTexascanbeattributedtotheemergenceofsomespiralwormsfromHondulus.ThesewormsmayresultfromtheextinctionofsuchdeerinTexas.例句：SomezoologistsascribethescarcityofdeerincertainregionsofTexastotheemergenceofsomespiralwormsfromHondulus.TheypredictthatthesewormsmayresultfromtheextinctionofsuchdeerinTexas.變形為：AbeattributedtoB(容易考到的變形詞匯：AresultinB/resultfrom,與其說，不如說)commence:開始（動詞）/commend：稱贊、委托/comment:評價、意見、看法commensurate：相稱相等/commentator:評論者commission:傭金/commitment:承諾commune:公社/communiqué：聯(lián)合公報/community:社區(qū)、團(tuán)體communications:通訊/communication:溝通comparative:相對的/comparable:可比較的compareAwithB/compareAtoB：比做company:同伴（Wegotcompany.）/companions:同伴/companies:公司complaint:抱怨投訴/complacent:自滿自得/compliance:遵從符合complement:補充/compliment:恭維converse:相反的/convert:轉(zhuǎn)換、轉(zhuǎn)變（v）creator:人、造物主、動物/creature:動物crook:歹徒/crooked：不誠實的coherence:關(guān)聯(lián)性，聯(lián)系/cohesiveness:粘連，聯(lián)系/cohesion:合力，凝聚力contrastAwithB/bycontrast:與…相比continual:時斷時續(xù)/continuous:持續(xù)不斷例句：病人在病房里（時斷時續(xù)）呻吟：Apatientismoaningcontinuouslyinawardroom.contract：收縮（金屬、固體）consciousness:意識/conscience:良知（loseone’sconsciousness,beincoma,blackout,beknockedout）considerate:考慮周到的/considerable:可觀的(Webenefittremendouslyfrommutualaffectionbetweenindividuals,andthereforeitsrewardisobviouslyconsiderable)cultural:文化的/cultured:有修養(yǎng)的，文雅的cynical：憤世嫉俗的/cynic：憤世嫉俗的人dead:死者/death:死亡deer/cattle無復(fù)數(shù)(fourheadofcattle)deem:認(rèn)為、認(rèn)定/redeem：救贖，贖回（redemption）duststorm:塵暴/dustystorm:有灰塵的風(fēng)暴disagreeing:不一致/disagreeable:令人不快的disenchantment:清醒、蘇醒/enchantment:著魔、著迷economic:經(jīng)濟(jì)的/economics:經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)/economy：經(jīng)濟(jì)/economical:經(jīng)濟(jì)的embarkon=beginexceptfor:只有，除了…以外/except:除了…elusive:難懂的、難捉摸的/illusive：幻覺的equal:相等的/equivalent：等值的/equivocal:意義不明確的，模凌兩可的exhaustive:無遺落的、詳盡的/exhausting:令人疲憊的extension:擴展（縱向）/expansion:擴張（多方位）extinguished:熄滅/distinguished:卓越的distinguishable：可以鑒別的例句：distinguishedguests貴賓discriminate:區(qū)別、鑒別、歧視/segregate:隔離farther/furtherfeedon:吃…financial:金融的/fiscal:財政的flammable:flammablecloth,flammablegas,flammablechemicals/inflammable:inflammablematerialsfastidious:挑剔的、吹毛求疵的/fictitious:虛構(gòu)的、虛假的/factious:派系斗爭的faculty:全體教員/staff：員工befamiliarwithsomething：熟悉某事halfacake：（強調(diào)的是cake）/halfofacake(強調(diào)的是量)：例句：Halftheirsavingsweregone/Halfoftheirsavingswasgone.home:家/homely:平庸household:家庭/families:家人formulae(formula的復(fù)數(shù))/formula:公式/format：格式foundation:建立、基金會/founding：genteel:禮貌的、溫文爾雅的/gentile:異教徒ingeneralgracious:高尚的/graceful:高雅的例句：Agreatleadermustbeagraciousdancer.humanity:人性/thehumanities:人文學(xué)科humanist:人文主義者/humanitarian:人道主義者h(yuǎn)istorical:歷史的/historic:歷史意義的、重要的例句：歷史事件：historicalevent/歷史性的事件:historiceventignore忽略/ignorance:愚昧無知/ignominy：恥辱inspiteof名詞/despite名詞ifonly（虛擬語氣）/onlyif=providedthat….例句：Providedthattheamountofworkisnotexcessive,eventhedullestworkislesspainfulthanidle.（Iftheworkisnottoomuch,ameaninglessworkisidle,ratherthanpainful.）imaginary:虛構(gòu)的/imaginative:有創(chuàng)造力的、有想象力beinterestedin/withgreatinterestininterferewith/intervene:干涉、干預(yù)（interferewithothercountries’internalaffairs粗暴干涉他國內(nèi)政/governmentintervention政府干涉）judiciary:司法的/judicial：公正的jurisdiction:司法權(quán)/jurisprudence:法學(xué)keenonsomething/somebody：喜愛legible:清晰的，容易辨認(rèn)的/legal:立法的longitude:經(jīng)度/latitude:緯度low:低/lowerthecost:降低literal:文字的/literary:文學(xué)的live:現(xiàn)場直播/alive:活的belocatedat/in:位于…manner:方法/manners:禮貌禮儀mean:平均數(shù)/means:方法手段(bymeansof/forthesakeof/byvirtueof)很多年輕人在自己的房間里用電腦聊天(Givenaboveisacartoonconcerningvariouskindsofyoungpeople,whoaresittingintheroomsoftheirown.Theseyoungstersarechattingwitheachother,bymeansofMSN)machine：機器/machinery：機械modest:謙虛的/humble：謙卑的例句：謙虛謹(jǐn)慎，不卑不亢(modestandcautious,neitherhaughtynorhumble)（humbleandprudent,neitherproudnormodest）neglect：忽略/negligence:疏忽、粗心大意non-…/anti…:非…/反…例句：non-smokingarea/anti-terrorismforce53) notsomuchAasB：與其說是A,不如說是B或者lessAthanB：與其說是A,不如說是Bnoneotherthan:Themanheinterviewedwasnoneotherthanhisformerschoolmate(容易混的詞匯還有：nomorethan：不多于/nothingmorethan：只不過)objective:客觀的/objectionable:可厭惡的obscure：模糊不清的、默默無聞的/obscene：淫穢的onceforall(不是onceinall)onhand:準(zhǔn)備/athand/offhand:無準(zhǔn)備地ontheaxis/onthehorizononthescaleof…按…比例（不是inthescaleof…）outofquestion:無疑問/outofthequestion:不可能partial:偏袒的/impartial：公正的inperson:親自thepress:新聞界perspective:透視的/prospective:預(yù)期的peoples:民族bepittedagainsteachother：向沖突production:生產(chǎn)、產(chǎn)品/landproduce:農(nóng)產(chǎn)品/productivity:生產(chǎn)力providesomebodywithsomething/providesomethingforsomebody提供某人謀物/Somethingwasgranted例句：Iwantyoutoprovidemeaninterview.beproficientin/atsomething:熟練的精通的protectionagainstsomething/protectionforsomebodyprincipal校長（美國中學(xué)）/headmaster:英國providedthat：假如、倘若、reason:原因/reasoning:推理relation:親戚/relationship:關(guān)系reality:現(xiàn)實、真實/existence:現(xiàn)存refine:提煉、精煉/refined:優(yōu)雅的regard：關(guān)心、尊重/informationregarding：關(guān)于/informationinregardto：關(guān)于regretful:悲傷的、抱歉的/regrettable:令人悲傷的、令人惋惜的retrospect:回顧/introspect:內(nèi)省respective:分別的/respectful:充滿崇敬的/respectable:可敬的例句：市長是令人尊敬的人，每個小鎮(zhèn)上的人都尊敬他。(翻譯：Themayorisrespectable,andeveryoneintownisrespectfultohim.)inrespectof+名詞relyon/dependon/counton人稱spend/物體take/costrise/raise/arise：出現(xiàn)、發(fā)生/arouse:喚醒Herefusedtospendmoneywisely和Hewiselyrefusedtospendmoney的區(qū)別：（前者Herefusetospendmoneyinawisemanner/后者Itwaswiseofhimtorefusetospendmoney）savings:儲蓄（通常為復(fù)數(shù)概念，跟動詞原形）scarcity:稀少/rarity:稀有security:安全、證券/secureness：確保bysea/atsea：乘船/在海邊例句：稀有金屬：scarcemetal/raremetalskill:技能技巧/skills:具體的技能技巧study:研究、書房/studies：學(xué)習(xí)（多個因素）something:某事、某物/somewhere:某處/sometime:某一個時候,sometimes有時候/sometime某一時段/sometimes幾次sensitive:敏感的/sensible:明智的/sentimental:多情善感的(eatsensibly:節(jié)制飲食、sleepregularhours睡眠有規(guī)律、neverstayuplate不熬夜、avoidovereatingandoverdrinking避免暴飲暴食)single:單一的、單身的/individual:個人的sports體育/sales：銷售superior:上級/superiority:高傲stationary:靜止的/stationery:文具superiorto/inferiorto都不用than做比較級such