易混淆詞匯

　　1. childish, childlike

　　childish幼稚的。如：It was very childish of him to lose his temper over something so unimportant.

　　childlike孩子般天真的。如：When she won the gold medal, there was childlike smile on her face.

　　2. choose, pick, select, elect

　　choose是一常用詞，表一般的“選擇”。

　　pick通常用于不需要認真權衡，對比就能做出決定。

　　select側(cè)重“在同類的許多東西中，進行有斟酌的精選”。

　　elect指選舉或用其他方法推選人。

　　3. cloth, clothing

　　cloth布。如：I need three yards of cloth to make a suit.

　　clothing衣服(總稱)。如：You’d better give all the old clothing away.

　　4. complex, complicated

　　均可表“復雜”。

　　complex為常用詞。

　　complicated為正式用詞，表由于組成部分太多，相互關系太復雜而不能理解，語氣很強。

　　5. compose, consist, constitute

　　compose為常用詞，常用被動語態(tài)，如用主動語態(tài)，主語應用復數(shù)形式。如：Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人組成陪審團。)

　　consist表一個整體由幾個部分組成(只能用主動語態(tài))。如：The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(聯(lián)合王國是由大不列顛及北愛爾蘭組　　成。)

　　constitute為正式用詞，與consist相反，表由哪些部分構(gòu)成整體。如：Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二個月。)

　　6. bloom, blossom

　　bloom多指供觀賞植物的開花。如：The roses are blooming.

　　blossom多指果樹等植物的開花。如：The apple trees are blossoming.

　　7. borrow, lend

　　borrow借入。如：Can I borrow your pen for a moment?

　　lend把……借給。如：Can you lend me your bike?

　　8. bring, take

　　bring帶來。如：Bring me some water, please.

　　take拿走。如：Shall I take some flowers when I go and see her?

　　9. calculate, compute, estimate

　　calculate通常指用數(shù)學方法進行比較復雜，難度較大的精確計算。如：You can’t expect a schoolboy to calculate distances in astronomy.

　　compute常指比較簡單的運算。如：It was computed that two thirds of the students in the class passed the examination.

　　estimate估計，常指對數(shù)量、成本等事先進行判斷或估計。如：Some farmers asked the weatherman to estimate next year’s rainfall.

　　10. cheat, deceive, trick

　　cheat欺騙，常用詞，主要指為了自己的利益欺騙人。

　　deceive表示隱瞞真相或以假相騙人。如：The boy deceived the teacher by lying.

　　trick哄騙，表示耍手段進行欺騙，強調(diào)在行騙時使用計策，有時也指并非出于惡意的欺騙。如：Tom cleverly tricked his mother into approval.