BEC易混淆词组总结1_BEC中级

    1. clothes, cloth, clothing
    clothes统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数, cloth指布,为不可数名词 clothing 服装的总称,指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of
    2. incident, accident
    incident指小事件, accident指不幸的事故he was killed in the accident.
    3. amount, number
    amount后接不可数名词, number后接可数名词 a number of students
    4. family, house, home
    home 家,包括住处和家人,house房子,住宅,family家庭成员. my family is a happy one.
    5. sound, voice, noise
    sound自然界各种各样的声音,voice人的嗓音,noise噪音i hate the loud noise outside.
    6. photo, picture, drawing
    photo用照相机拍摄的照片,picture可指相片,图片,电影片,drawing画的画 let's go and see a good picture.
    7. vocabulary, word
    vocabulary词汇,一个人拥有的单词量,word具体的单词he has a large vocabulary.
    8. population, people
    population人口,人数,people具体的人 china has a large population.
    9. weather, climate
    weather一天内具体的天气状况,climate长期的气候状况 the climate here is not good for you.
    10. road, street, path, way
    road具体的公路,马路,street街道,path小路,小径,way道路,途径
    take this road; in the street, show me the way to the museum.
    11. course, subject
    course课程(可包括多门科目),subject科目(具体的学科)a summer course
    12. custom, habit
    custom传统风俗,习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接to do, habit生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接of doing. i've got the habit of drinking a lot.
    13. cause, reason
    cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因,后接of sth./doing sth,reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late
    14. exercise, exercises, practice
    exercise运动,锻炼(不可数),exercises练习(可数),practice(反复做的)练习 practice makes perfect.
    15. class, lesson
    作"课"解时,两者可以替换.指课文用lesson. 指班级或全体用class. lesson 6; class 5
    16. speech, talk, lecture
    speech指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说,talk日常生活中的一般的谈话,讲话,lecture学术性的演讲,讲课 a series of lecture on…
    17. officer, official
    officer部队的军官,official政府官员 an army officer
    18. work, job
    二者均指工作。work不可数,job可数 a good job
    19. couple, pair
    couple主要指人或动物,pair多指由两部分组成的东西 a pair of trousers
    20. country, nation, state, land
    country侧重指版图,疆域,nation指人民,国民,民族,state侧重指政府,政体,land国土,国家 the whole nation was sad at the news.