大学英语常用易混词辨析与训练

aa

able, capable, enable

abolish, cancel

accelerate, quicken

accuse, charge

acknowledge, admit, confess

acquire, enquire, inquire, require

adapt, adept, adopt

address, speech

adorn, decorate

advice, counsel

affair, business, matter, thing

affect, effect

affect, influence

afford, equip, furnish, provide, supply

aggression, invasion

agree, assent, consent

alike, like

alive, live, living, lively

alone, lone, lonely

.aloud, loud, loudly

although, though

alway, always, all way, all ways

ambition, enterprise

amid(st), among, between

anger, fury, indignation, rage

announcement, notice

anyhow, somehow

apparatus, machine

appear, emerge, loom

appliance, device, equipment, facility,instrument, instrumentation

appreciate, enjoy

approach, attitude, manner

area, district, region, zone

argue, debate, discuss, dispute, refute

arms, weapon

arrest, capture, catch, seize

artificial, fake, false

assembly, conference, meeting, session

assure, ensure, guarantee

at once, immediately, instantly

attempt, effort, endeavor, try

attract, fascinate

await, expect, wait

awake, awaken, wake, waken

award, reward

bb

banner, flag

base, basis, foundation

beat, defeat, win

beat, hit, strike

belief, confidence, faith, trust

believe, believe in

beloved, darling, dear

birthday, date of birth

blend, mingle, mix

boast, brag

bungalow, cabin, cottage, house, hut, shed

but, however, nevertheless

cc

calculator, computer

case, circumstance, condition, situation, state

casual, chance, unexpected

celebration, celebrity

chance, occasion, opportunity

charge, fare, fee

cheerful, gay, glad, happy, joyful, merry

childish, childlike

china-born, chinese-born

clean, cleanly

client, customer, guest, passenger

climate, weather

close, near

combat, battle, fight, struggle

combination, connection, mixture

combine, connect, link

compare... to, compare... with

compel, enforce, force

complement, compliment

complement, supplement

complex, complicated

compliment, congratulate

comprehensible, comprehensive

concept, idea, thought

confidant, confident, confidential

conquer, defeat, overcome

consecrate, dedicate, devote

considerable, considerate

contain, include

contend, content

continual, continuous, constant

conversation, dialogue

country man, countryman

court, yard

credit, honor

crippled, lame

cry, sob, weep

custom, habit

dd

damage, demolish, destroy, ruin

dark, dim, gloomy

dead, deadly

decide, determine, resolve, settle

defend, guard, protect, safeguard

define, describe, explain, interpret

defy, disregard, ignore

delay, detain

delicate, fine, slender, slim, thin

denote, indicate, mean, imply

depart, die, pass away, perish

depend, rely

desirable, desirous

desire, yearn

despise, disdain, scorn

destructive, disastrous

detail, elaborate

device, devise

direct, directly

disable, harm, hurt, injure, spoil

disable, unable

disarmed, unarmed

disclose, unclose

discomfortable, uncomfortable

discover, uncover

disinterested, uninterested

dislike, unlike

distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, distinguished

disuse, misuse, ill-use

doubt, suspicion

dress, wear

ee

earnest, serious, sincere

economic, economical

educational, educative, educated

effective, effectual, efficient, efficacious

electric, electrical, electronic

emigrant, immigrant

emotion, feeling

employee, employer

enormous, huge, immense, vast

ensure, insure

enthusiasm, zeal

entire, whole

environment, environs, surroundings

error, mistake

especially, specially

eternal, permanent

even, evenly

every day, everyday

every one, everyone

example, sample

excellence, excellency

exceptionable, exceptional

execute, sentence

expense, fare, fee

expert, skilled, skillful

ff

farther, further

fiction, novel

fierce, savage, violent, wild

fix, mend, repair

forever, for ever

fortunate, lucky

fragrance, perfume

funny, humorous, witty

gg

guide, lead

hh

habitable, inhabitable, habitual

handwork, hand work, handicraft, handiwork

height, high, highly

hill, mountain

hint, inference

historic, historical

hoist, lift, raise

holiday, leave, vacation

homage, respect

home, house, housing

homework, housework

hope, want, wish

hotel, hostel

hotel, inn, restaurant

hurt, injure, wound

ii

idea, ideal

idle, lazy

ill, sick

imaginable, imaginary, imaginative

include, involve

induce, lure, tempt

industrial, industrious

information, news

inheritance, heritage

inhuman, unhuman

inquire, inquire of, inquire about

instant, minute, moment

interfere, intervene

introduce, recommend

invaluable, valueless

irony, sarcasm, satire

jj

join, take part in

jump, leap, spring

kk

kill, murder, slaughter

kind, sort

ll

lamp, light

lend, loan

lifelong, livelong

lightening, lightning

like doing, like to do

limit, limitation, restriction

lovable, lovely

lumber, timber, wood

mm

machine, machinery

manner, method, way

material, matter, substance

mature, ripe

mean time, meantime

memorable, memorial

memory, recollection, remembrance

miserable, wretched

moderate, temperate

motion, movement

mound, mount, mountain

move, remove

must, have to

nn

nation, people, race, nationality

natural, normal

naught, nil, zero, zilch

near, nearly

noise, sound, voice

oo

observance, observation

oral, spoken

orientation, direction

outdoor, outdoors

overlook, oversee, oversight

pp

percent, percentage

personal, personnel

physician, physicist

pitiable, pitiful, piteous

placable, placeable

pleasant, pleased

popular, populous

presumptive, presumptuous

principal, principle

product, production, productivity

purse, wallet

rr

raise, rise

relation, relationship

relax, release, relieve

resource, source

respectable, respectful, respective

responsible, responsive

ss

scene, scenery

sense, sensation, sensitivity

sensible, sensitive

shade, shadow

sociable, social

some time, sometime, sometimes

sporting, sportive

stationary, stationery

still, yet

subject, topic

suit, suite

sunlight, sunshine

tt

technical, technological

telegram, telegraph

therefor, therefore

tired, weary

try, manage

try doing, try to do

uu

upward, upwards

vv

valuable, valued

variable, various, varied, variety

ww

war, warfare

weigh, weight, weighty

wooded, wooden, woody

worth, worthwhile, worthy