商务英语中易混淆词组.doc

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****俗,也可指生活****惯,后接to do, habit生活****惯****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****可数),practice(反复做的)练****Practice makes perfect.