【易混淆词】明明很像，却又不一样！ 20 组超容易搞错的易混淆英语
编辑/ Zoe Li
校对/ Westia Sun
在背单词时，是不是常常被很多看起来很像的英语单词困扰呢？
有很多单词可能只差了一个音节，甚至一个字母，就会有完全不一样的意思。
今天小编就要一次跟大家介绍 20 组，帮大家厘清这些难搞的易混淆单词唷！
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adapt (v.) 适应、改编 & adopt (v.) 领养
【例句】
Karen manages to adapt herself to the tough conditions after losing her job.
凯伦试着去适应失业后的困境。
They adopted a stray dog instead of buying one.
他们没用买的，而是领养了一只流浪狗。
【补充】
- manage to 设法
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aboard (adv.) 在船、车、飞机上 & abroad (adv.) 在国外
【例句】
All passengers aboard are terrified due to the turbulence.
所有机上乘客都被乱流吓坏了。
He plans to study abroad after graduating from high school.
高中毕业后，他计划出国念书。
【补充】
- turbulence 乱流
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assure (v.) 保证 & ensure (v.) 确保
【例句】
I assure you he will definitely show up.
我向你保证他绝对会出现的。
He checked his bag again and again to ensure that he brought all the things needed.
他检查了他的包包很多次以确保他带了所有需要带的东西。
bald (a.) 秃头的 & bold (a.) 大胆的
【例句】
People grow bald as they grow old.
随着年纪增长人会变秃。
It's really a bold move that you made his scandal public.
你把他的丑闻公开真是个大胆的举动。
【补充】
- make public 公开
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break (v.) 打破 & brake (n.) 煞车
【例句】
That boy broke the vase on purpose.
那个男孩故意打破花瓶。
Something is wrong with the brakes .
煞车出了些状况。
【补充】
- on purpose 故意
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chore (n.) 杂事 & chord (n.) 和弦
【例句】
It's an old-fashioned way to think that women should do all the household chores.
女人该负责做所有家事是很过时的观念。
He wrote this beautiful song with a few chords in one day.
他在一天内只用了几个和弦写出了这首美丽的歌。
【补充】
- household chore 家事
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collar (n.) 领子 & color (n.) 颜色、本质
【例句】
On a mad impulse, he grabbed her by the collar .
他在气头上而一把抓住了她的领口。
He will show his true color someday.
他总有一天会露出本性的。
【补充】
- true color 真面目
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contact (v.) 联络 & contract (n.) 合约 & contrast (n.) 对比
【例句】
Please let me know the contact information of the manager.
请告诉我经理的联络信息。
He has just signed a contract for a team transfer.
他签下了转队的合同。
By contrast, he is so much more sincere than your ex.
相比之下，他比你前男友真诚多了。
complete (v.) 完成 & compete (v.) 竞争
【例句】
He can go out because he has completed all of his homework.
他可以出去是因为他的作业都写完了。
It's such an honor to compete with the best teams.
能和最好的队伍竞争是很荣幸的一件事。
crash (v.) 撞击 & crush (v.) 压
【例句】
The bus crashed into the fence and then burned.
公交车撞上护栏后遂即起火。
Be careful. Don't crush this box.
请小心，别压坏这个箱子。
custom (n.) 习俗 & costume (n.) 服装
【例句】
Giving red envelopes is an important custom during Chinese New Year.
发红包是过年很重要的习俗。
People wear interesting costumes on Halloween.
万圣节人们会穿上有趣的服装。
decent (n.) 正直的；像样的 & descent (n.) 下降；血统
【例句】
Nobody hates a decent person.
不会有人讨厌正直的人。
He is of German descent.
他有德国血统。
【补充】
- be of...descent 有...血统
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dedicate (v.) 奉献 & delicate (a.) 精美的
【例句】
He dedicated his life to education.
他将他的人生奉献给教育。
What a delicate painting!
多么精美的一幅画！
dessert (n.) 甜点 & desert (n.) 沙漠； (v.) 抛弃
【例句】
I ordered ice-cream for dessert.
我点了冰淇淋当甜点。
All of his family members and his friends deserted him after he broke.
他破产后，所有的家人及朋友都抛弃了他。
disability (n.) 残疾 & inability (n.) 没能力
【例句】
Blindness and deafness are both serious disabilities.
失明及失聪都是很严重的残疾。
He is fired due to the inability to cooperate.
因为他无法合作所以被炒鱿鱼了。
except (prep.) 除了 & expect (v.) 期待
【例句】
I'm available except Sunday.
除了周日之外我都有空。
I expect that he'll succeed someday.
我期望他有天能成功。
expand (v.) 扩展 & expend (v.) 耗尽
【例句】
She is thinking of expanding her business.
她正在考虑扩张她的企业。
He expends all of his energy on meaningless things.
他在那些无意义的事情上耗尽精力。
illusion (n.) 错觉、幻想 & delusion (n.) 妄想症
【例句】
She was under the illusion that she would be promoted.
她有着她会被升职的幻想。
He suffers from delusions .
他患有妄想症。
【补充】
- be under the illusion 有...的错觉
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immoral (a.) 不道德的 & immortal (a.) 不死的
【例句】
Racism is not illegal but immoral .
种族歧视虽然不违法但是不道德。
Some people long for being immortal.
有些人渴望能得永生。
【补充】
- long for 渴望
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sympathy (n.) 同情心 & empathy (n.) 同理心
【例句】
I don't have much sympathy for him. He deserves that.
我并不同情他，他活该。
Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another being is experiencing from his/her perspective.
同理心是种能够设身处地理解他人感受的能力。
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一次学了那么多组，有没有觉得清楚多了呢？
有任何不清楚的地方都还可以去 Engoo 问老师唷！
