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