背單詞拒絕“臉盲癥”：8組經(jīng)常看錯的單詞

浮躁2013

我們每個人在剛開始學(xué)英語時,，看到那些外表相似的單詞,，通常都免不了“臉盲癥”發(fā)作。這個看錯,，把意思搞混了,；那個讀錯，把單詞調(diào)換了,。面對著那些“臉盲虐我千百遍，我自看它如初戀”的可惡單詞,，誰不曾落下兩行晶瑩的淚珠,，抬起頭六十五度仰望天空，傷心地唱起一首歌：“老虎,，老鼠,，傻傻分不清楚……”

收起那些悲傷的回憶吧，讓我們一起給單詞找茬,，總有一天你會發(fā)現(xiàn)英語單詞其實比老外的臉好認(rèn)些,。

下面介紹了8組經(jīng)常容易看錯、用錯和讀錯的單詞,，看看有哪些曾經(jīng)帶給過你痛苦的回憶,？記住它們，一輩子記得這“深仇大恨”,，才是你“復(fù)仇”的最佳方式,。

1. affect vs. effect

樣子長得像，意思略像,，但常用詞性不一樣

affect: to do something that produces an effect or change in something or in someone's situation（多用作動詞）

effect: the way in which an event, action, or person changes someone or something（多用作名詞）

例句：This disease affects the central nervous system, but we don’t have any medicine that can have an effect on it.

（這種疾病會影響到中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng),，但是我們并沒有藥品能對它起作用）

2. fellow vs. follow

這兩個單詞貌合神離,，關(guān)鍵是有一個已經(jīng)過時不常用了（old-fashioned）

fellow: people that you work with, study with, or who are in the same situation as you（伙伴的意思，但屬于過時單詞）

follow: to go, walk, drive etc behind or after someone else（跟隨的意思,，比較常用）

例句：My little fellow is following me.

（我的“小伙伴”正跟著我走）

3. sharp vs. shape

一個有點危險,，一個可能不那么危險，但也可以變得危險……

sharp: having a very thin edge or point that can cut things easily（鋒利的意思）

shape: the form that something has, for example round, **, triangular etc（形狀的意思）

例句：Be careful, the broken glass in the shape of triangle is very sharp.

（小心,，三角形狀的碎玻璃很鋒利）

       4. contract vs. contact

看著多了一個字母,，意思差遠了，contact這個詞華生昨天才說過

contract: an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do（合同的意思）

contact: communication with a person, organization, country etc, or to write to or telephone someone（聯(lián)系的意思）

例句：If you want to agree this contract, just contact me.

（如果你同意簽署這個合同,，打電話聯(lián)系我就行）

5. contend vs. content

前綴（prefix）一樣都是con,，不過意思總歸是不同的

contend: to compete against someone in order to gain something（爭奪，奮斗的意思）

content: the things that are inside a box, bag, room（內(nèi)容,，目錄的意思）

例句：The content of this book is three kingdoms were contending for power.

（這本書的內(nèi)容就是三個國家爭權(quán)奪利）

6. accent vs. ascent

容易看花眼,，但是意思也很容易區(qū)別

accent: the way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country they come from（口音的意思）

ascent: the act of climbing something or moving upwards（攀登，升高的意思,，名詞）

例句：A man said “three” with a Chinese accent, however, the elevator didn’t begin its ascent.

（一個人用中國口音說了“3”這個詞,，然而電梯并沒有開始上升）

7. principal vs. principle

這兩個詞不僅看起來像，念起來更像,，但意思不同要區(qū)別清楚

principal: most important, or the most important person in a school, college, business or organization（最主要的,，負責(zé)人的意思）

principle: a moral rule or belief about what is right and wrong, that influences how you behave（原則的意思）

例句：As a school principal, it's against John’s principles to accept gifts from students’ parents.

（作為一個校長，從學(xué)生家長那里收受禮物是違反John的原則的）

8. adapt vs. adopt

他們倆看起來像,，讀音略有不同,，比較容易讀錯

adapt: to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation（改變，適配的意思）

adopt: to take someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent（多用作收養(yǎng)的意思）

例句：Anne is an orphan, fortunately he is adopted by a rich family. But he needs to adapt to the new luxurious life.

（Anne是一個孤兒,，幸運的是他被一個富裕的家庭收養(yǎng)了,。但是他得適應(yīng)闊綽的新生活）

今天的這8組單詞合不合你的胃口？其實我們覺得學(xué)英語就像吃飯,，不能挑食,。有些單詞固然讀寫復(fù)雜，意思難懂,，但就是很多人在用,。這就像是苦瓜一樣，吃起來很苦,，但是很有營養(yǎng)對身體也好,。而今日吃的苦，說不定在明日就變成了”甜“呢,？（曉林英語）