英语中容易混淆的词汇短语

英语中容易混淆的词汇短语，傻傻分不清楚

1.family, house, home

home 家，包括住处和家人;

house 房子，住宅;

family 家庭成员

2.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

3.incident, accident

incident 指小事件；

accident 指不幸的事故

4.sound, voice, noise

sound 自然界各种各样的声音；

voice 人的嗓音；

noise 噪音

5.photo, picture, drawing

photo 用照相机拍摄的照片；

picture 可指相片，图片，电影片，

drawing 画的画。

6.weather, climate

weather 一天内具体的天气状况；

climate 长期的气候状况

7.road, street, path, way

road 具体的公路，马路，例：take this road

street 街道，例：in the street

path 小路，小径；

way 道路，途径，例：Show me the way to the museum.

8.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. 例：the reason for being late

9.exercise, exercises, practice

exercise 运动，锻炼（不可数）；

exercises 练习（可数）；

practice（反复做的）练习，例：Practice makes perfect.

10.speech, talk, lecture

speech 指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说；

talk 日常生活中的一般的谈话，讲话；

lecture 学术性的演讲，讲课，例：a series of lecture on…

11.officer, official

officer 的军官，例：an army officer

official 。

12.couple, pair

couple 主要指人或动物；

pair 多指由两部分组成的东西，例：a pair of trousers

13.trip, journey, travel, voyage

travel 是最常用的；

trip 指短期的旅途；例：a three-day trip

journey 指稍长的旅途；

voyage 指海上航行。

14.a number of, the number of

a number of 许多，谓语动词用复数；

the number of… ……的数目，谓语动词用单数。例：The number of students is increasing.

15.of the day, of a day

of the day 每一天的，当时的，当代的，例：a famous scientist of the day；

of a day 暂时的，不长久的。

16.for a moment, for the moment

for a moment 片刻，一会儿，例：Thinking for a moment, he agreed.

for the moment 暂时，一时。

17.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）。

18.take advice, take the(one's) advice

take advice 征求意见；

take the advice 接受忠告 例：He refused to take the advice and failed again.

19.in a word, in words

in a word 总之，一句话，例：In a word, you are right.

in words 口头上。

20.in place of, in the place of

in place of 代替；

in the place of 在…地方，例：A new building is built in the place of the old one.

21.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 知道内情，知道秘密，一般用作表语，例：My mother was in the secret from the beginning.

22.take a chair, take the chair

take a chair 相当于sit down坐下；

take the chair 开始开会。

23.go to sea, by sea

go to sea 当海员，出航；

by sea 乘船，由海路；by the sea 在海边。

24.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 两个人，一个医生和一个老师。

25.in office, in the office

in office 在职的，例：He is in office, not out of office.

in the office 在办公室里。

26.in charge of, in the charge of

in charge of 管理，负责照料，例：He is in charge of the matter.

in the charge of 由……照料，例：The matter is in the charge of her.

27.on fire, on the fire

on fire 着火，例：The house is on fire.

on the fire 在火上，例：Put the food on the fire.

28.out of question, out of the question

out of question 毫无疑问的；

out of the question 不可能的。

29.a second, the second

a second 又一，再一；

the second 第……，例：He won the second prize.

30.by day, by the day

by day 白天；

by the day 按天计算，例：The workers are paid by the day.

31.the people, a people

the people 指人；

a people 指民族，例：The Chinese is a peace-loving people.

32.anyone, any one

anyone 指人，不能接of；

any one 指人物均可，可接of 例：any one of you

33.not a little, not a bit

not a little 非常；

not a bit 一点也不，例：I'm not a bit tired. 我一点儿也不累。

34.much more…than, many more…than

much more…than 后接形容词或不可数名词，例：much more water, much more beautiful

many more…than 后接可数名词，例：many more people

35.no more than, not more than

no more than 相当于only，仅仅，只有；

not more than 至多，不超过。

36.by oneself, for oneself, to oneself, of oneself

by oneself 单独的，独自的；

for oneself 为自己；

to oneself 供自己用的；

of oneself 自行的，自动的，例：The door opened of itself.

37.at all, after all

at all 根本，全然；

after all 到底，毕竟，例：After all he is a child.

38.sleeping, asleep,sleepy

sleeping 正在睡觉，例：a sleeping baby

asleep 睡着，熟睡，只能做表语，例：The baby is asleep.

sleepy 困的，有睡意的，例：I'm sleepy.

39.wide, broad

wide 侧重于一边到另一边的距离；

broad 侧重于幅面的宽广，例：broad shoulders

40.real, true

real 真的，真实的，指的是事实上存在而不是想象的，例：real gold

true 真的，真正的，指的是事实和实际情况相符合，例：a true story

41.pleasant, pleased, pleasing

pleasant 常用作定语；

pleased, pleasing 常用作表语；

pleased 主语常为人，pleasing 主语常为物，例：a pleasant trip; The trip is pleasing.

42.understanding, understandable

understanding 明白事理的，能体谅的，例：an understanding girl

understandable 可理解的，能够懂的，例：an understandable mistake

43.close, closely

close 接近，靠近，例：stand close

closely 紧紧地，紧密地，例：closely connected

44.quiet, silent, still

quiet 安静的，可以发出小的声音；

silent 不发出声音，但可以动；

still 完全不动，完全无声响，例：He stand there still. 他站在那儿，一动不动，也不说话。

45.able, capable

able 与不定式to do连用；

capable 与of连用，例：He is capable of doing…

46.late, lately

late 迟，晚；

lately 最近，近来 例：I haven't seen him lately.

47.living, alive, live, lively

living, alive, live 均为活着的；

living 定表均可，alive 定表均可，定语后置；

live 只能做定语，lively 意为活泼的，例：all the living people=all the people alive

48.worth, worthy

二者均为值得，worth后接doing；

worthy后接to be done, of being done；

例：It is worth visiting. = It's worthy to be visited. = It's worthy of being visited.

49.bad, badly

bad 形容词，例：go bad

badly 副词，不好，但与need, want, require连用为“很，非常”，例：I need the book badly.

50.before long, long before

before long 不久以后；

long before 很久以前；

例：not long before = before long