母語(yǔ)人士也會(huì)混淆的10組單詞

1. Compliment v Complement

The sauce complements the steak.

醬料是配著牛排吃的。

The sauce compliments the steak.

醬料稱贊牛排。

2.Learn v Teach

I love to learn new English expressions.

我喜歡學(xué)習(xí)新的英語(yǔ)表達(dá)。

My father likes to teach me how to make wooden cars.

我父親喜歡教我做木制的汽車。

3.Fun v Funny

An Amusement park is fun because you enjoy yourself and have a good time there.

游樂(lè)園很有趣，因?yàn)槟阍谀莾汉芟硎?，過(guò)得非常愉快。

A comedian is funny because he will tell you jokes and make you laugh.

喜劇演員很搞笑因?yàn)樗麄儠?huì)講笑話，能讓你笑。

4. Intelligent v Intellectual

Tom is a very intelligent boy. (clever)

湯姆非常聰明。

Tom has the intellectual capacity of a seventeen-year-old. (ability to think in an intelligent way)

湯姆的智力相當(dāng)于17歲的少年。(指聰明地思考問(wèn)題的能力)

5. Immigrant v Emigrant

At the beginning of the 19th century, the United States welcomed thousands of immigrants into the country. (people who arrive in a new country to live there permanently)

十九世紀(jì)初，美國(guó)非常歡迎外來(lái)移民。（從別國(guó)移居本國(guó)的移民）

There are more emigrants than immigrants in this country. (people who leave their  country permanently)

這個(gè)國(guó)家移居國(guó)外的人比移進(jìn)國(guó)內(nèi)的人多（從本國(guó)移往他國(guó)的居民）

6. Lose (動(dòng)詞) v Loose (形容詞)

I am always losing my car keys.

我經(jīng)常丟車鑰匙。

I have lost a lot of weight. This skirt is really loose.

我減肥之后裙子都松了。

7. Advice (名詞) v Advise (動(dòng)詞)

Let me give you some advice.

讓我給你點(diǎn)建議。

I advise you not to do that.

我建議你不要那樣做。

8. Briefly v Shortly

The chairman spoke briefly at the beginning of the conference. (for a short time)

會(huì)議開(kāi)始時(shí)主席發(fā)表了簡(jiǎn)短講話。（強(qiáng)調(diào)持續(xù)時(shí)間短）

Good Morning. The chairman will open the conference shortly. (in a few minutes)

早上好。主席馬上就開(kāi)始會(huì)議。（強(qiáng)調(diào)幾分鐘之內(nèi)）

9. Principal (名詞/形容詞) v Principle (名詞)

The School Principal has given the pupils permission to go out today.

校長(zhǎng)允許學(xué)生們今天外出。

Our company has very high principles.

我們公司奉行高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

The principal issue we have here is that this project will not finish on time.

我們現(xiàn)在面臨的主要問(wèn)題是工程不能按時(shí)完成了。

10. Lie v Lay (現(xiàn)在時(shí))

I was so tired that I had to lie down for 30 minutes. (No direct object)

我太累了，必須躺下休息30分鐘。（無(wú)直接賓語(yǔ)）

The baby is tired so I shall lay her down for her nap. (Direct Object = baby)

小嬰兒累了，我要把他放下來(lái)，讓他睡一會(huì)。（直接賓語(yǔ)是“小嬰兒”）