老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组
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 老外都会混淆的17组英语单词,你能分清几组 
     1
beside  besides 
beside: 介词,意为紧挨着,在旁边。 
例句: 
I sit beside John in class.
上课时我坐在约翰旁边。 
 
Could you get me that
book? It’s beside the lamp.
你能把那本书给我吗?它就放在灯的旁边。 
 
besides:
副词,意为也同样地;做介词时意为除此之外。 
 
例句: 
(adverb)
He’s responsible for sales, and a lot more
besides. 
他负责销售,以及其他许多事。 
 
(preposition)
Besides tennis, I play soccer and basketball.
除了网球,我还喜欢足球和篮球。 
2 
clothes  cloths
clothes: 你穿的衣物,如牛仔裤、衬衫、上衣等。 
例句: 
Just a moment, let me change my
clothes. 
等一会儿,让我先换个衣服。 
 
Tommy, get
your clothes on! 
汤米,把你的衣服穿好! 
 
cloths:
用来做清洁或其他用途的材料。 
 
例句: 
There are some
cloths in the closet. Use those to clean the
kitchen. 
壁橱里有一些布。用它们来清洁厨房吧。 
 
I have a
few pieces of cloth that I use. 
我有一些用过的布块。
3 
dead  died 
dead: 形容词,意为死亡的,无生命的。
 
例句: 
Unfortunately, our dog has
been dead for a few months. 
不幸的是,我们的狗已经去世几个月了。
 
Don’t touch that bird. It’s dead.
别碰那只鸟。它已经死了。 
 
died: 动词die的过去式和过去分词形式。
 
例句: 
His grandfather died two years
ago. 
他的祖父两年前去世了。 
 
A number of people
have died in the accident. 
许多人在这场意外中丧生。 
4
experience  experiment 
experience:
名词,意为某人经历的某事;也可以用作不可数名词,表
示经验,通过完成某事而获得的知识。
 
例句: 
(first meaning)His experiences in
Germany were rather depressing. 
他在德国的经历相当凄惨。
 
(second meaning) I’m afraid I
don’t have much sales experience. 
恐怕我的销售经验不足。
 
experiment:
名词,意为为了得到结果而做的某事,常在谈论科学家
及其研究时使用。 
 
例句:
They did a number of experiments last week.
上周,他们做了许多实验。 
 
Don’t worry it’s just an
experiment. I’m not going to keep my beard.
别担心,只是个实验而已。我不打算留胡子。 
5 
felt  fell
felt: 动词feel的过去式和过去分词形式。 
 
例句: 
I
felt better after I had a good dinner.
一顿丰盛的晚饭后,我感觉好多了。 
 
He hasn’t felt so
well for a long time. 
他很久都没有感觉这么好了。
 
fell: 动词fall的过去式。 
 
例句: 
He
fell from a tree and broke his leg.
他从树上掉下来,摔伤了腿。 
 
Unfortunately, I fell
down and hurt myself. 
不幸的是,我掉了下来,受了伤。 
6
female  feminine 
female: 女人或雌性动物。 
例句: 
The female of the species is very
aggressive. 
这种雌性生物极具攻击力。 
 
The question
‘female or male’ means ‘are you a woman or a man’.
这个女或男的问题问的是你是女人还是男人。 
 
feminine:
形容词,用来描述女性常有的特征或行为方式。 
 
例句: 
He’s
an excellent boss with a feminine intuition.
他是一位优秀的老板,有着女性的直觉。 
 
The house was
decorated in a very feminine manner.
这座房子的装饰非常女性化。 
 
 
 
7 
its
it’s 
its: 物主限定词,类似于my或your。 
 
例句:
Its color is red. 
它是红色的。 
 
The dog
didn’t eat all of its food. 
这只狗什么都不吃。 
it’s: it is或it has的缩写形式。 
 
例句:
(it is) It’s difficult to understand him.
他真是一个让人读不透的人。 
 
(it has) It’s been a
long time since I had a beer. 
我已经很久没喝过啤酒了。
 
8 
last  latest 
last: 形容词,常表示最后的。
 
例句: 
I took the last train to Memphis.
我乘上了去往孟斐斯的末班车。 
 
This is the last test
of the semester! 
这是本学期最后一次测验。 
 
latest:
形容词,意为最近的或最新的。 
 
例句: 
His latest
book is excellent. 
他的新书写得非常棒。 
 
Have
you seen his latest painting? 
你见过他最新的画作吗? 
9 
lay  lie 
lay:
动词,意为放下,过去式为laid,过去分词为laid。 
 
例句: 
He
laid his pencil down and listened to the teacher.
他放下手中的铅笔,听老师讲课。 
 
I usually lay my pies
on the shelf to cool. 
我常常把馅饼放在架子上,让它变凉。 
lie: 动词,意为躺下,过去式为lay,过去分词是lain。 
 
例句:
The girl lay on the bed asleep.
那个女孩躺在床上睡着了。 
 
At the moment,
he’s lying on the bed. 
此刻,他正躺在床上。 
 
 
10 
lose  loose 
lose: 动词,意为丢失。
 
例句: 
I lost my watch! 
我把手表弄丢了!
 
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
你有没有弄丢过珍贵的东西? 
 
loose: 形容词,意义与绷紧的相反。
 
例句: 
Your trousers are very loose!
你的裤子太松了! 
 
I need to tighten
this screw. It’s loose. 
我要把螺丝钉拧紧点,它太松了。 
11 
male  masculine 
male:男人或雄性动物。 
例句: 
The male of the species is very lazy.
这种雄性生物非常懒惰。 
 
The question ‘female or
male’ means ‘are you a woman or a man’.
这个女或男的问题问的是你是女人还是男人。 
 
masculine:
形容词,用来描述男性常有的特征或行为方式。 
 
例句: 
She’s a
very masculine woman. 
她是一个女汉子。 
 
His
opinions are just too masculine for me.
他的观点对我来说太大男子主义了。 
 
12 
price
prize 
price: 名词,你为某物付出的钱。 
 
例句: 
The
price was very cheap. 
价格非常便宜。 
 
What’s
the price of this book? 
这本书多少钱? 
prize: 名词,奖励。 
 
例句: 
He won a prize
as best actor. 
他获得了最佳男演员奖。 
 
Have you
ever won a prize in a competition?
你有没有在比赛中得过奖? 
 
13 
principal
principle 
principal: 形容词,意为最重要的。 
 
例句:
The principal reason for my decision was the
money. 
我之所以做这个决定,最重要的原因就是钱。 
 
What are
the principal irregular verbs? 
有哪些重要的不规则动词?
 
principle: 规则。 
 
例句: 
It’s the
first principle of aerodynamics. 
这是空气动力学的第一准则。
 
He has very loose principles.
他的原则弹性很大。 
 
14 
quite  quiet
quite: 副词,意为非常或相当。 
 
例句:
This test is quite difficult. 
这次测验非常难。
 
He was quite exhausted after the long
journey. 
长时间的旅行后,他疲惫不堪。 
 
quiet:
形容词,意思与喧闹的嘈杂的相反。 
 
例句: 
Could you please
be quiet?! 
能请你安静点吗? 
 
She’s a very
quiet girl. 
她是一个非常安静的女孩。 
 
15
sensible  sensitive 
sensible:
形容词,意为有常识的,即不笨的。 
 
例句: 
I wish
you would be more sensible about things.
我希望,你遇事能够更明智一点。 
 
I’m afraid you aren’t
being very sensible. 
恐怕你不够明智。 
sensitive: 形容词,意为敏感的或易受伤害的。 
 
例句:
You should be careful with David. He’s very
sensitive. 
你跟大卫相处要注意些。他非常敏感。 
 
Mary is
a very sensitive woman. 
玛丽是一个极易受伤的女人。 
16 
shade  shadow 
shade: 在晴天隔绝太阳的荫凉区。
 
例句: 
You should sit in the shade for a
while. 
你应该到荫凉处坐会儿。 
 
It’s too
hot. I’m going to find some shade.
太热了,我要找个地方乘凉。 
 
shadow: 在晴天,由某物制造出的阴影区。
 
例句: 
That tree casts a large shadow.
这棵树投下一大片阴影。 
 
Have you ever noticed
your shadow getting longer as it gets later in the
day? 
你注意到影子会随着天色越晚而拉长吗? 
 
 
17 
some time  sometimes 
some time:
指的是未来一个不确定的时间。 
 
例句: 
Let’s meet
for coffee some time. 
找个时间一起喝杯咖啡吧。 
 
I
don’t know when I’ll do it - but I will do it some
time. 
我不知道什么时候会去做但我会在某个时候去做的。 
sometimes: 频率副词,意为偶尔。 
 
例句: 
He
sometimes works late. 
他有时候会工作到很晚。 
Sometimes, I like eating Chinese food.
有时我喜欢吃中国菜。