今天的易混单词看起来也好像,听起来更是几乎一模一样!(听力part要是遇到可咋办?)
Commonly confused words
Source: Oxford Dictionary
Take a look at these two sentences � one of them contains a mistake:I poured over book after book.We pored over the catalogues.* 其实pore over才是“钻研”的意思,而pour over,额……你这是要浇书啊!这就是因为pore和pour太像啦!发音也完全一样!Are you uncertain which one is right? There are a lot of words in English thatlook or sound alike but have very different meanings.
我们会混淆,就是因为它们太像了,通常是:发音和拼写都很像,甚至一样,但意思大相径庭。而电脑纠错最大的问题是:它能发现你拼出了一个世界上根本就不存在的单词,但如果你把单词拼成了另一个也存在的词时――它就不好使了!这一点Pt大大说她经常在点评中遇到,每次都感到:累觉不爱,真是脑力活,各种猜学生究竟想拼的是啥?!一起来看看这些易混词,接受我们的挑战吧!
1. affect vs. effect
affect: 动词,改变to change or make a difference to
effect: 名词,影响a result; to bring about a result这个连主页君在亦鸥点评时都遇过,真的超高频!
2. aloud vs. allowed
aloud: 副词,用作状语out loud
* 形容人声很吵闹的时候,不用aloud,而用loudly: He speaks loudly.
allowed: 动词过去分词,可以用作定语permitted
3. appraise vs. apprise
appraise: 评估to assess/ evaluate
apprise: 通知,告知to inform someone
*appreciate 欣赏不要以为拼错了就可以轻易地一走了之~
4. aural vs. oral
aural: 听觉的relating to the ears or hearing
oral: 口头的relating to the mouth; spoken
5. bare vs. bear
bare: 裸露的naked; to uncover
bear: 承受,忍受to carry; to put up with发音真的完全一样!
6. complement vs. compliment
complement: 补充,使完美to add to so as to improve; an addition that improves something
compliment: 赞美to praise or express approval; an admiring remark一字之差!
7. currant vs. current
currant: 葡萄干!a dried grape
current: 现行的,水流/气流/电流happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity不要以为拼错了考官也不会误会,真有这词儿!
8. desert vs. dessert
desert: 荒漠,不毛之地a waterless, empty area; to abandon someone
dessert: 甜品the sweet course of a meal写这个的时候,你是不是饿啦~
9. disinterested vs. uninterested
disinterested: 客观的,公正的impartial
uninterested: 不感兴趣的not interested
我就问你,中枪没?!
10. ensure vs. insure
ensure: 确保to make certain that something will happen
insure: 投保to provide compensation if a person dies or property is damaged
11. forbear vs. forebear
forbear: 克制to refrain
forebear: 祖先an ancestor
记忆Tips
1) for bear = 为了忍受(抖M在克制!)
2) fore是“前面的”,比如forehead不就是前额嘛~bear是“生”,不然你以为born的动词原形怎么拼?所以forebear = 我们其面生的,那不就是祖先嘛!
12. loose vs. lose
loose: 松开,释放to unfasten; to set free
lose: 失去,丢失to be deprived of; to be unable to find
记忆Tips(我觉得我这个方法简直绝了!)
loose把一个o给弄丢了,于是变成了lose
13. pour vs. pore
pour: 倾倒to flow or cause to flow
pore: 孔,钻研a tiny opening; to study something closely
主页君拿一包辣条打赌,这里边一定有宝宝一开始都没看懂那句话!
14. principal vs. principle
principal: 最重要的,校长most important; the head of a school
principle: 原则a fundamental rule or belief
主页君发现,这些意思居然可以连一句话:校长的原则是最重要的。The principle of the principal is the most principal. 突然就有了种上海话“他竟然说他傻”的赶脚!
15. storey vs. story
storey: 台阶a level of a building
story: 故事a tale or account
主页君还记得,那是在初中的时候,有一天,我的小姐妹突然特别激动地跑来跟我说:我终于发现――原来story这个词不仅是“故事”,还可以是“台阶”!我厉不厉害?――然后我就默默错了这么多年...姐们儿你到底行不行?!
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