2013年翻译考试词汇:易混淆的单词
英语课
accept VS except
accept:to receive 接收、接纳。
例:Please accept my gift.
except:not including 除……以外。
例:We go to school everyday except Sunday.
advice VS advise
advice:opinion about what should be done 忠告、劝告(名词)例:She gives good advice.
advise:to recommend 提出忠告(及物动词)
例:Please advise me on what to do.
affect VS effect
affect:to influence 给予……影响。
例:Do not let the loss affect you.
effect:“a effect is a result” 结果。
例:The loss did not have an effect on me.
all ready VS already
all ready:everything is ready 全都准备好例:We are all ready to move.
already :previously 1 已经。
例:We already moved our things yesterday.
complement 2 VS compliment
complement:to make complete 补充。
例:This hat will complement my new dress.
compliment:A compliment is something said in praise 称赞。
例:Thank you for the compliment about my dress.
emigrate VS immigrate 3
emigrate:to leave one country to settle in another (由本国以往他国)移民。
例:I intend to emigrate from Hong Kong.
immigrate:to come to live in a new country(由外国而来)移民。
例:I intend to immigrate to Canada.
past VS passed
past :gone by or history 经过,过去、以往。
例:The car drove past my house.
My past is very interesting.
passed:pass的过去时态。
例:We passed through the town without stopping.
principal VS principle
principal:the head of a school 校长
例:The principal spoke 4 to us today.
principle:a principle is an important fact or law.
例:The principle of democracy is important to ourcountry.
stationary 5 VS stationery 6
stationary:standing still 不动的、静止的。
例:Please remain stationary.
stationery:writing materials 文具、信纸。
例:They went to the store to buy some stationery.
uninterested VS disinterested 7
uninterested:指没有兴趣,索然无味,漠不关心。
例:An unterested student will not learn anything. 缺乏兴趣的学生什么都学不到。
词组:unterested attitude 漠不关心的态度
be uninterested in 对……无兴趣。
disinterested:则表示没有获得利益的动机,进而意指没有偏见,在美语中,也可以作漠不关心解Two disinterested parties are needed to verify these documents for us. 我们需要两个公正的团体来查证这些文件。
adv.以前,先前(地)
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足
- The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
- They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
v.(从外国)移来,移居入境
- 10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.接下来的两年里预计有10,000人会移民至此。
- Only few plants can immigrate to the island.只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.固定的,静止不动的
- A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
- Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。
n.文具;(配套的)信笺信封
- She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
- There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多,心里自会觉得踏实。
adj.不关心的,不感兴趣的
- He is impartial and disinterested.他公正无私。
- He's always on the make,I have never known him do a disinterested action.他这个人一贯都是唯利是图,我从来不知道他有什么无私的行动。
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