1. clothes, cloth, clothing 

clothes統(tǒng)指各種衣服，謂語動詞永遠是復(fù)數(shù)， cloth指布，為不可數(shù)名詞 clothing 服裝的總稱，指一件衣服用a

piece of, an article of 

2. amount, number 

amount后接不可數(shù)名詞， number后接可數(shù)名詞

eg:a number of students 

3. sound, voice, noise 

sound自然界各種各樣的聲音，voice人的嗓音，noise噪音

eg:I hate the loud noise outside. 

4. cause, reason 

cause 指造成某一事實或現(xiàn)象的直接原因，后接of sth./doing sth，reason用來解釋某種現(xiàn)象或結(jié)果的理由，后接for sth./doing sth. 

eg:the reason for being late 

5. exercise, exercises, practice 

exercise運動，鍛煉（不可數(shù)），exercises練習（可數(shù)），practice（反復(fù)做的）練習 

eg:Practice makes perfect. 

6. officer, official 

officer部隊的軍官，official政府官員 

eg:an army officer 

7. work, job 

二者均指工作。work不可數(shù)，job可數(shù) 

eg:a good job

8. cook, cooker 

cook廚師，cooker廚具

eg:He is a good cook. 

9. problem, question 

problem常和困難連系，前面的動詞常為think about, solve, raise，question常和疑問連系，多和ask, answer連用 

10. a number of, the number of 

a number of許多，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)。the number of…的數(shù)目，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。

eg:The number of students is increasing.

11. chick, chicken 

二者均可指小雞，chicken還可以當雞肉 

eg:The chicken is delicious. 

12. trip, journey, travel, voyage

travel是最常用的，trip指短期的旅途，journey指稍長的旅途，voyage指海上航行

eg:a three-day trip 

13. in front of, in the front of 

in front of范圍外的前面，in the front of范圍內(nèi)的前面 

eg:In the front of the room sits a boy. 

14. three of us, the three of us 

three of us我們（不止三個）中的三個，the three of us我們?nèi)齻€（就三個人）

eg:The three of us---Tom, Jack and I went to the cinema. 

15. by bus, on the bus 

by bus表手段，方式，不用冠詞，on the bus表范圍 

eg:They went there by bus. 

16. for a moment, for the moment 

for a moment 片刻，一會兒，for the moment暫時，一時 

eg:Thinking for a moment, he agreed. 

17. in a word, in words 

in a word總之，一句話， in words口頭上

eg:In a word, you are right. 

18. in place of, in the place of 

in place of代替，in the place of在…地方

eg:A new building is built in the place of the old one.

19. go to sea, by sea, by the sea 

go to sea當海員，出航，by sea乘船，由海路， by the sea在海邊 

eg:go by sea 

20. the doctor and teacher, the doctor and the teacher 

the doctor and teacher指一個人，既是醫(yī)生又是老師，the doctor and the teacher兩個人，一個醫(yī)生和一個老師 

21. in office, in the office 

in office在職的，in the office在辦公室里 

eg:He is in office, not out of office. 

22. in charge of, in the charge of 

in charge of管理，負責照料， in the charge of由……照料 

eg:He is in charge of the matter. The matter is in the charge of her. 

23. out of question, out of the question 

out of question毫無疑問的，out of the question不可能的 

24. a second, the second 

a second又一，再一，the second第…… 

eg:He won the second prize. 

25. by day, by the day 

by day白天，by the day按天計算 

eg:The workers are paid by the day. 

26. it, one 

it同一物體，one同類不同一 

eg:I lost my pen. I have to buy a new one. 

27. none, nothing, no one 

none強調(diào)有多少，nothing, no one強調(diào)有沒有，nothing指物，no one指人　

eg:--- How many…/How much…? 

--- None. 

28. other, another 

other后接名詞復(fù)數(shù)，another后接名詞單數(shù) 

eg:other students, another student 

29. not a little, not a bit 

not a little非常，not a bit一點也不 

eg:I m not a bit tired. 

30. many, much, a lot of 

many和可數(shù)名詞連用，much和不可數(shù)名詞連用，a lot of可數(shù)，不可數(shù)均可，但不用于否定句 

eg:I haven t many books. 

31. no, not 

no=not a/any no friend=not a/any friend no water=not any water 

32. no more than, not more than 

no more than相當于only，僅僅，只有，not more than 至多，不超過 

33. tall, high 

tall常指人或動物，high常指物體 

eg:He is tall. 

34. fast, quickly 

fast側(cè)重于指人或物體具有運動速度快的特點，quickly側(cè)重指某事完成或發(fā)生的快 

eg:run fast, answer the question quickly 

35. high, highly 

high具體的高，highly抽象的高，高度的

eg:think highly of 

36. sleeping, asleep, sleepy 

sleeping正在睡覺，asleep睡著，熟睡，只能做表語，sleepy困的，有睡意的 

eg:a sleeping baby The baby is asleep. I m sleepy. 

37. respectful, respectable 

respectful尊敬，有禮貌，respectable可敬的，值得尊敬的 

eg:be respectful to the aged 

38. pleasant, pleased, pleasing 

pleasant常用作定語，pleased, pleasing常用作表語，pleased主語常為人，pleasing主語常為物 

eg:a pleasant trip The trip is pleasing. 

39. close, closely 

close接近，靠近，closely緊緊地，緊密地 

eg:closely connected, stand close 

40. ill, sick 

ill做表語，sick定，表均可 

eg:a sick boy 

41. good, well 

good形容詞，well副詞，但指身體狀況是形容詞 

eg:He is well again. 

42. hard, hardly 

hard努力，hardly幾乎不 

eg:work hard I can hardly believe it. 

43. late, lately 

late遲，晚，lately最近，近來 

eg:I haven t seen him lately. 

44. living, alive, live, lively 

living, alive, live均為活著的，living定表均可，alive定表均可，定語后置，live只能做定語，lively意為活潑的

eg:all the living people=all the people alive 

45. excited, exciting 

excited使人興奮的，exciting令人興奮的 

eg:I m excited. The news is exciting. 

46. deep, deeply 

deep具體的深，deeply抽象的深，深深地 

eg:deeply moved, dig deep 

47. before long, long before 

before long不久以后，long before很久以前 not long before = before long 

48. instead, instead of 

instead是副詞，放在句首或句末，instead of是介詞短語，放在句中

eg:He didn t see a film. 

Instead he watched TV. 

He watched TV instead of seeing a film. 

49. too much, much too 

too much 后接不可數(shù)名詞，much too后接形容詞

eg:much too heavy 

50. raise, rise 

raise及物動詞，rise不及物動詞 

eg:The sun rises in the east. 

51. bring, take, carry, fetch 

bring拿來，take帶走，carry隨身攜帶，fetch去回這一往返動作 

eg:fetch a box of chalk 

52. spend, take, pay, cost 

spend人做主語，花錢，花時間; spend…on sth./in doing sth; take物做主語，花時間; pay人做主語，花錢，pay for; cost物做主語，花錢 

53. join, join in, take part in 

join加入某個組織，并成為其中的一員；join in參加小型的活動, join sb. in；take part in 參加大型的活動 

eg:He joined the army five years ago.

54. leave, leave for 

leave離開，leave for前往 

eg:He left Beijing for Shanghai. 

55. used to, be used to 

used to過去常常，be used to習慣于，后接sth./doing sth.；被用來，后接 do sth.

eg:He is used to getting up early.

56. win, lose, beat 

win后接sth.，反義詞為lose, beat后接sb. 

eg:win the game, beat them 

57. live on, live by 

live on以…為主食，live by靠…謀生 

eg:live on fish/ live by fishing 

58. lose, miss 

lose失去（具體的物體），錯過 sth. is lost, lose the chance；miss 想念，錯過sth. is missing, miss the chance

59. be tired of, be tired with/from 

be tired of厭煩…，be tired with/from因為…而累了 

eg:be tired with/from running 800 meters 

60. care about, care for 

care about關(guān)心，計較，在乎，一般多用于否定句中；care for關(guān)心，照料，喜歡，愿意 

eg:He doesn t care about his clothes. 

I don t care for movies.

61. feed, raise 

feed喂養(yǎng)，養(yǎng)活，飼養(yǎng) (to give food to)， raise飼養(yǎng)，養(yǎng)育 (cause to grow, bring up children) 

eg:raise the family 

62. mean to do, mean doing 

mean to do打算，想要做某事，mean doing意思是，意味著

eg:By this I mean giving the students more practice. 

63. a girl, one girl

a girl可泛指所有女孩, one girl一個女孩 

eg:Can one girl carry such a big box?

64. in place of, in the place of

in place of代替，in the place of在…地方 

eg:A new building is built in the place of the old one.

65. in secret, in the secret

in secret秘密地，暗自地，偷偷地，一般用作狀語；in the secret知道內(nèi)情，知道秘密，一般用作表語 

eg:My mother was in the secret from the beginning.

66. take a chair, take the chair

take a chair相當于sit down坐下，take the chair開始開會

67. die from, die of 

die from表示死于（槍）傷，虛弱，過度勞累，飲食過度等，die of表示死于疾病，饑餓，寒冷，年老，憂愁，失戀等精神因素 

eg:die of hunger and cold 

68. pay for, pay back, pay off 

pay for為…付錢，pay back還錢，但不一定還清，pay off還清 

eg:pay for the book, pay off the debt 

69. arrive, get, reach 

arrive不及物動詞，后接in (大地點)，at(小地點)，get不及物動詞后接to，reach及物動詞 

eg:arrive in Beijing, get to Beijing, reach Beijing 

70. manage, try 

manage to do設(shè)法做成了某事，try to do盡力去做某事但不一定成功 

eg:He tried to pass the exam, but he failed. 

71. be familiar to, be familiar with 

be familiar to某物對某人來說是熟悉的，be familiar with某人熟悉某物 

eg:The book is familiar to me. 

I m familiar with the book. 

72. agree with, agree to, agree on 

agree with同意某人，agree to同意某事，agree on在…上達成一致意見，主語是復(fù)數(shù) 

eg:agree with you, agree to the plan 

73. receive, accept 

receive收到某一東西，但不一定接受，accept接受

eg:I received a gift, but I didn t accept it. 

74. wear, put on, dress 

wear和dress表狀態(tài),wear接衣服等,可用進行時，dress接人,be dressed in, put on表動作 

eg:It s cold outside. Put on your warm clothes.

75. listen, hear 

listen強調(diào)動作，hear強調(diào)結(jié)果 

eg:I listened, but I heard nothing. 

76. look, see, watch 

look看的動作，see看的結(jié)果，watch強調(diào)所看物體的變化、移動和發(fā)展

eg:watch TV 

77. lie, lay 

lie躺，位于(lay, lain),說謊(lied, lied)，lay平放(laid, laid)

eg:lay the book 

78. hurt, injure, wound 

hurt感情上受傷，injure事故中受傷，wound戰(zhàn)爭中受傷 

eg:He was wounded in the war. 

79. turn, get, grow 

turn表突變，后常接表顏色的詞，get強調(diào)變的結(jié)果，grow強調(diào)過程，逐漸的變化 

eg:turn yellow, get tired, grow big 

80. happen, take place 

happen偶然性的沒有預(yù)料到的事情的發(fā)生，take place必然性的發(fā)生 

eg:Great changes have taken place in my hometown. 

81. at, in (表地點) 

at小地點，in大地點 

eg:arrive at a small village, arrive in Shanghai 

82. increase to, increase by 

increase to增長到…，increase by增長了… 

eg:The number increased by 2,000 to 5,000. 

83. since, for (完成時間狀語) 

since接點時間或一句話，for接一段時間 

eg:for three years, since 3:00 

84. on earth, on the earth, in the earth 

on earth在世上，在人間，到底，究竟，一點也不，on the earth在地上，在地球上，in the earth在地下，在泥土里 no use on earth 

85. in surprise, to one s surprise

in surprise驚奇地，to one s surprise使某人吃驚的是

86. in the air, on the air, in the sky 

in the air正在醞釀中，on the air播送，廣播，in the sky在天空中 

eg:His show is on the air at 6:00 tonight. 

87. through, across 

through穿越空間，across在…上穿過 

eg:through the forest, across the desert

88. on the way, in the way 

on the way在前往…的路上，in the way擋路 

eg:The chair is in the way. 

89. above, on, over 

above在上面，不接觸，on在上面，接觸，over在正上方 

eg:fly over the hill 

90. until, not…until 

until到…為止， not…until直到…才（常跟點動詞連用）

eg:I waited until 3:00. 

He didn t come until 3:00. 

91. besides, except, except for 

besides除了…還（包括在內(nèi)）except除了（不包括在內(nèi)），except for整體…除了某一點以外 

eg:The composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes. 

92. whether, if 

當是否解時，只有在賓語從句中二者可以互換，其余都用whether，當如果解時用if 

eg:I don t know if/whether he will come. 

If he comes, I ll let you know. 

93. because, since, as, for 

原因由強到弱為：because, since/as, for. 在句中的位置如下：1)…because… 2) Since/as…, … 3) …, for… Since I was ill, I didn t go.

94. when, as, while (表時間) 

when從句動詞點動詞，持續(xù)性動詞均可，as重在表示動作同時發(fā)生，伴隨進行，while從句動詞為持續(xù)性動詞 

eg:While I slept, a thief broke in. 

95. the same…as, the same…that 

the same…as和…一樣的（相似但不同一）， the same…that 同一物體 

eg:This is the same pen that I used yesterday. (同一支筆) 

96. as well, as well as 

as well也，常放于句末，和and連用表示既…又；as well as并列連詞，不但…而且… 

eg:He is a professor, and a writer as well.

97. such…as, such…that 

such…as像…樣的，such…that如此…以至于 He is not such a fool as he looks like. 

eg:He is such a good student that all the teachers like him. 

99. because, because of 

because連詞，連接兩句話，because of介詞短語，后接詞或短語 

eg:He didn t go to school because of his illness. 

100. in order that, in order to 

表目的，in order that后接句子，in order to后接動詞原形 

eg:I got up early in order to catch the first bus. 

I got up early so that I could catch the first bus.