英文有許多拼音、發音相近,實際字義卻相差十萬八千里遠的字,想要避免拼錯和搞混?只能靠努力、經驗和小心了!
下方介紹許多聽起來非常像,但拼法和意思完全不同的單字,在拼字和書寫上要特別注意:
• ad (名) 廣告
The ad for new shoes interested me.
(新鞋的廣告引起我的興趣。)
• add (動) 加總
I can add up the numbers that you require.
(我可以把你需要的數量加起來。)
• aisle (名) 走道
He proudly escorted the bride down the aisle.
(他驕傲地陪新娘走紅毯。)
• I'll 我將會(I will 的縮寫)
I'll go to the movies with you.
(我會和你一起去看電影。)
• isle (名) 島
Oh, what adventures they had on Gilligan's Isle.
(哦,他們在吉利根島可有個冒險。)
• ate (動) 吃(eat的過去式)
We ate our dinner by candlelight.
(我們吃燭光晚餐。
• eight (名) 八
The number eight has some strange connotations.
(數字八有一些奇怪的意義。)
• bare (動) 使赤裸
Dare you bare your head to the blazing sun?
(你敢在烈陽下光著頭嗎?)
• bear (動) 忍受
I cannot bear that awful noise.
(我不能忍受那可怕的噪音。)
• bear (名) 熊
The grizzly bear was extremely menacing.
(灰熊是非常危險的。)
• berry (名) 漿果
A freshly picked berry is a fine summer treat.
(新鮮採摘的漿果是夏天的享受。)
• bury (動) 埋、隱藏
Bury the evidence quickly!
(趕快湮滅證據!)
• blew (動) 吹(blow的過去式)
The winds blew ferociously.
(狂風驟起。)
• blue (名) 藍色
The color blue is my favorite.
藍色是我的最愛。
• board (名) 木板
The rotting, wooden board split in two.
(朽爛的木板裂成兩半。)
• board (動) 上(飛機、火車、船)
All passengers may now board the airliner.
(所有乘客現在可以登機。)
• bored (形) 感到無聊的
The bored child turned the television off and went outside.
(感到無聊的孩子把電視關了,出門去了。)
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※本文節錄自《英文文法聖經》
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