初中易混词汇辨析1.clothes,cloth,clothing①clothes统指各种衣服,谓语动词用复数,asuitofclothes指一套衣服。可以说manyclothes,theseclothes,不说anarticleofclothes.②cloth用来指“织物”时,为不可数名词。指“布块”时,是可数的,但注意它的复数形式是cloths,如:Wipethesurfacewithadampcloth.③clothing服装的总称,总是单数形式。指一件衣服用apieceof/anarticleofclothing.2.incident,accident,eventincident一般是经过策划,有蓄谋的事件,如西安事变(站在老蒋的立场,这字太合适了)还有如borderincident,也可以指小事,如偶遇什么人;accident指不幸的事故Hewaskilledintheaccident;event指较大的事,如你考取大学,对你是个event(尽管对别人无所谓);历史上的大事件,也多用event.3.deal,amount,numberamount/deal及其组合量词词组后接不可数名词,number及其组合后接可数名词anumberofstudents,注意:Largeamountofwaterwassenttothesmallvillage.Largeamountsofwaterweresenttothesmallvillage.4.family,house,homehome家,包括住处和家人,house房子,住宅,family家庭成员.Myfamilyisahappyone.5.sound,voice,noisesound凡你听得到的声音就是它。voice人的嗓音。noise噪音Ihatetheloudnoiseoutside.6.photo,picture,drawing,paintingphoto用照相机拍摄的照片,picture可指相片,图片,电影片Let'sgoandseeagoodpicture;drawing画的画,主要是线条形的,如工程图;painting指(如油彩类)绘画7.vocabulary,wordvocabulary词汇,一个人拥有的单词总量,word具体的单词:Hehasalargevocabulary.8.population,peoplepopulation人口,人数Chinahasalargepopulation.;people具体的人,民族TheChineseareagreatpeople.What’sthepopulationofyourcountry?Howlargeisthepopulationofyourcountry.9.weather,climateweather具体的天气状况,climate气候状况Theclimatehereisnotgoodforyou.10.road,street,path,wayroad具体的公路,马路。street街道。path小路,小径。way道路,做事情的“做法”//takethisroad;inthestreet;showmethewaytothemuseum.11.course,subjectcourse课程(课程表中的所有subject),subject科目(具体的学科)Mathisherbestsubject12.custom,habit①custom[c/u]即有时指“一种”风俗、习俗而有时指风俗的“统称”。thecustomofdoingsth.如thecustomofkissingundermistletoe;但它也可指个人的生活习惯,不过往往侧重指一种有规律的行为,而并非一个人那种无意识的“习惯”OnWednesdayevening,aswashiscustom,hewentdowntothevillage.②habit生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接ofdoing.I'vegotthehabitofdrinkingalot.13.cause,reasonthecause(s)of=...的原因;thecausef=...的理由;Thecauseoftheexplosionhasnotbeenexplained.Youhavenocauseforcomplaint.(=tocomplain.)汶川地震的(原因V)(理由X)是什么呢?WhatisthecauseoftheWenchuanearthquake?reason(s)forsth./doingsth.(做)...的理由thereasonforbeinglateCouldyouexplainyourreasonsforchoosingthisparticularcourse?forreasonsof...由于...的原因,出于什么的考虑14.exercise,exercises,practiceexercise运动,锻炼(不可数)。exercises作业,但做体操也是:gymnasticexercises体操,spellingexercises拼写练习。practice(遵循某理论或教导而做,有时是反复做的)练习Practicemakesperfect的15.class,lesson作课解时,两者大致可以替换amathematicsclass/lesson;aclass/lessoninmathematics都可以说.指课文用lesson.指班级或全体学生用class。如lesson6;class516.speech,talk,lecturespeech指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说,talk日常生活中的一般的谈话,讲话,但国际性的、围绕某问题举行的会谈也用talk,如六方会谈six-partytalk;lecture学术性的演讲,讲课alectureonDickens17.officer,officialofficer单独用指陆海空军官,警官;official主要指政府官员anarmyofficer/agovernmentofficial18.work,job二者均指工作。work不可数,job可数agoodjob/outofajob/outofjobs/outofwork19.couple,paircouple主要指人或动物,pair多指由两部分组成的东西apairoftrousers。夫妇多用couple(也可用pair);合作伙伴多用pair/acoupleof几个20.country,nation,state,land①country侧重指版图,疆域;②nation指人民,国民,民族;③state侧重指政府,政体;④land国土,国家(有点诗意)ThewholenationwassadattheearthquakeofWenchuan.21.cook,cookercook厨师,cooker厨具Heisagoodcook.22.damage,damagesdamage不可数名词,损害,损失;damages复数形式,赔偿金$900damages23.police,policemanpolice警察的总称,后接复数谓语动词,policeman指某个具体的警察Thepolicearequestioningeveryoneinthehouse.24.problem,question,issueproblem常和困难(故障)联系,前面的动词常为thinkabout,solve,raise。question常和疑问联系,多和ask,answer连用。problemwiththemachine不太用of./issure实际=事务||environmentalproblem/issue意思不一样25.man,amanman人类,aman一个男人Manwillconquernature.man与mankind前都不用the26.chick,chicken二者均可指小鸡,chicken还可以当鸡肉Thechickenisdelicious.Doyoulikedogs/dog?(喜欢狗/狗肉?)27.telegram,telegraphShallI______(打电话)ortelephone?telegram多作可数名词用,如:Hereceivedatelegramsayingthathismotherhaddied.而telegraph既能作名词又能作动词用,本题选telegraph。28.travel,trip,tour,journey,voyagetravel总称。trip注重办事,后接to如abusinesstriptoShanghai;tour注重游玩,后接of。journey指稍长的旅途。voyage指乘船的航行,如spacevoyage.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Hisfavoritesportisswimming;game指决定胜负的游戏,通常有一套规则30.price,prize,award,rewardprice价格Thepriceishigh/low.;prize(竞赛类)的奖,奖品,奖金winthefirstprize;award经评委选出的奖,但TheNobelPrize是个例外;给你老妈擦了地板之类,具体付出具体所得的奖赏,就是reward。31.anumberof,thenumberofanumberof许多,谓语动词用复数。thenumberof…这个数字…,谓语动词用单数。Thenumberofstudentsisincreasing.32.infrontof,inthefrontofinfrontof范围外的前面,inthefrontof范围内的前面Inthefrontoftheclassroomstandsthestrictteacher.(教室内前)33.oftheday,ofadayoftheday每一天的,当时的,当代的,ofaday暂时的,不长久的afamousscientistoftheday34.threeofus,thethreeofusthreeofus我们(不止三个)中的三个,thethreeofus我们三个(就三个人)Thethreeofus---Tom,JackandIwenttothecinema.35.bybus,onthebusbybus表手段,方式,不用冠词。onthebus表所乘具体的车辆,或表范围Theycamehereonthisbus.(bybusx)36.foramoment,forthemomentforamoment片刻,一会儿,forthemoment暂时,一时Thinkingforamoment,heagreed.37.nextyear,thenextyearnextyear将来时间状语,thenextyear过去将来时间状语(如常用于间接引语)Hewillcomeherenextyear./Hesaidhewouldgoabroadthenextyear.38.morethanayear,morethanoneyearmorethanayear一年多,morethanoneyear超过一年(两年或三年等)39.takeadvice,takethe(one's)advicetakeadvice征求意见,taketheadvice接受忠告Herefusedtotaketheadviceandfailedagain.40.takeair,taketheairtakeair传播,走漏,taketheair到户外去,散步Wetaketheaireveryday.41.inaword,inwords,inwordinaword总之,一句话Inaword,youareright;inwords=inword口头上(inpractice实践上)Heshouldbeafriendinpractice,notonlyinword/O