1、1. clothes, cloth, clothingclothes 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是服装的总称。2. incident, accidentincident 指小事件,;accident 指不幸的事故。例:He was killed in the accident.3. amount, numberamount of 后接不可数名词;a number of 后接可数名词例:amount of money;a number of students4. family, house, homehome指家,包括住处和家人,house
2、 房子,住宅,family 家庭成员。例:My family is a happy one.5. sound, voice, noisesound 自然界各种各样的声音,voice 指人的嗓音,noise指噪音 。例:I hate the loud noise outside.6. photo, picture, drawingphoto 用照相机拍摄的照片;picture 可指相片,图片,影片;drawing指画的画,主要是素描。例:Lets go and see a good picture.7. vocabulary, wordvocabulary 指词汇,一个人拥有的单词量;word
3、指具体的单词。例:He has a large vocabulary.8. population, peoplepopulation 指人口,人数;people 指具体的人。例:China has a large population.9. weather, climateweather指一天内具体的天气状况;climate指长期的气候状况。例:The climate here is not good for you.10. road, street, path, wayroad指具体的公路,马路;street指街道;path指小路,小径;way 指道路,途径例:take this road;
4、 in the streetShow me the way to the museum.11. course, subjectcourse 课程(可包括多门科目),subject 科目(具体的学科)例:a summer course12. custom, habitcustom指传统风俗,习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接 to do;habit指生活习惯,后接 of doing.例:Ive got the habit of drinking a lot.13. cause, reasoncause 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
5、象或结果的理由,后接 for sth./doing sth.例:the reason for being late14. exercise, exercises, practiceexercise 运动,锻炼(不可数);exercises 练习,操类运动(可数);practice(反复做的)练习。例:Practice makes perfect.15. class, lesson作“课”解时,两者可以替换。指课文用 lesson,指班级或全体学生用 class.16. speech, talk, lecturespeech 指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说;talk指日常生活中的一般的
6、谈话,讲话;lecture指学术性的演讲,讲课。17. officer, officialofficer 部队的军官,official 政府官员例:an army officer18. work, job二者均指工作。work指无差别的人类劳动,不可数;job指具体某一项工作, 可数, a good job。19. couple, paircouple 主要指人或动物,pair 多指由两部分组成的东西。例:a pair of trousers20. country, nation, state, landcountry 侧重指版图,疆域;nation 指人民,国民,民族;state 侧重指政府
7、,政体;land 国土,国家例:The whole nation was sad at the news.21. cook, cookercook 指厨师;cooker 指厨具。例:He is a good cook.22. damage, damagedamage 不可数名词,损害,损失; damages 复数形式,赔偿金。例:$900 damages23. police, policemanpolice 警察的总称,后接复数谓语动词;policeman 指某个具体的警察。例:The police are questioning everyone in the house.24. probl
8、em, questionproblem 常和困难联系,前面的动词常为 think about, solve, raise;question 常和疑问联系,多和ask, answer 连用。25. man, a manman 人类;a man 一个男人。例:Man will conquer nature.26. chick, chicken二者均可指小鸡,chicken 还可以当鸡肉讲。例:The chicken is delicious.27. telegram, telegraph当电报解时,telegram 指具体的,telegraph 指抽象的。例:a telegram, by telegraph28. trip, journey, travel, voyagetravel 是最常用的,指旅行或普通出行;trip 指短期的具有特定目的的旅行;journey 指稍长的旅途;voyage 指海上航行。29. sport, gamesport 多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动,如打球,游泳,打猎,赛马等 ; game 指决定胜负的游戏,通常有一套规则。例:His favorite sport is swimming.30. price, prizeprice 价格;prize 奖,奖品,奖金。例:win the first prizeThe price is high/low.