英语迷津

1.a, one

2.a great deal, a great many

3.a number of, the number of

4.above, over

5.accident, incident.

6.act, action

7.addressee, addresser

8.adventure, venture

9.ago, before

10.affect, effect

11.agree to, agree with

12.almost, nearly

13.already, all ready

14.always, often

15.always, all ways

16.anyone, any one

17.apiece, a piece

18.Arab, Arabian, Arabic

19.arrive at, arrive in

20.as, like

21.as far as, so far as

22.as fast as, as soon as

23.as it was, as it were

24.assure, ensure, insure

25.at, in, on

26.at a distance, from a distance, in the distance

27.at hand, by hand, in hand, on hand, to hand

28.at present, for the present

29.at table, at the table

30.at the same time, in the same time

31.attend the meeting, attend to the meeting

32.awake, awaken, wake, waken

33.avocation, vocation

34.baggage, luggage

35.base, basis

36.because, for

37.before long, long before

38.behind time, behind the times

39.beside, besides

40.besides, except

41.between, among

42.blackboard, black board

43.born, borne

44.brothers, brethren

45.burned, burnt

46.by one o'clock, till one o'clock

47.can, be able to

48.can, may

49.cannot do it, cannot but do it

50.Catholic, catholic

51.childish, childlike

52.China's, Chinese

53.clean, cleanly

54.cloth, clothe, clothes

55.compare to, compare with

56.continual, continuous

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《英语学习悦读系列·英语迷津：相似词语辨析（第2版）》收集了332组常见的英语相似词语，先指出其异同和易于混淆之处，然后说明其含义和用法。每组词语附有适当的例句，以便读者比较和参考。
本书的一大特点是：通过一对词语的比较以说明其他同一类型的相似词句。例如，通过at table和at the table的比较， 说明go to school和go to the school的区别;通过drink和drinking的对比，说明smoke和smoking的差异；通过hear和listen的辨异，说明see和look的关系；通过hear和hear of的对照，说明know和know of的差别；通过few和a few，说明little和a little……使读者在阅读了一组例句的比较之后，可以触类旁通，由此及彼地联想到其他类似词语的关系和区别。因此，本书虽然列举了332组相似词句，实质上它们却代表了成千上万对与之具有类似差别的词语。