经常混淆的单词

Some words are often confused by language learners – because they are similar to another word or because they look like a word in your own language but have a different meaning. Here are some words that often cause confusion. 有些词总会让学英语的人感到混淆—因为他们跟另外一个词很像，或者跟你的 母语的某个词很像但是其意义完全不同。这里有一些经常引起混淆的词。 sensible and sensitive sensible 与 sensitive sensible means ‘practical’ or ‘having good judgement’ sensible 是明智的 sensitive means ‘easily affected by the things people say or do sensitive 是敏感的 • Come on darling, be sensible and put a coat on. It’s freezing outside. • Don’t be so sensitive - he didn’t say you were fat, it was just a joke. Sympathetic and nervous Sympathetic 和 nervous Usually we are sympathetic when someone has a problem or is in trouble. 我们通常对某人遇到麻烦或者有困难的时候表现的 sympathetic（同情的）。同情的）。 • They were very sympathetic when our house was burgled but they couldn’t do much to help. We don’t use it to mean ‘nice’ or ‘pleasant’ 我用它不是指好或者舒服。 • My uncle is a very sympathetic man. We are nervous in a particular situation, like an exam. We don’t generally use nervous to describe someone’s character. 我们经常会在某些特定场合感到 nervous，例如考试的时候，我们不用 nervous 去形容一个人的性格。 • I’ve never been as nervous as the time I had to give a speech to 500 people. • My sister is very nervous. She’s always shouting at me. journey and travel journey 和 travel Journey is countable. Travel is uncountable and refers to the general idea of travelling. Journey 是可数的，travel 是不可数的，它指代的是“travelling（同情的）。旅行）”的大意。 • Did you have a good travel? • Travel is something I recommend to all young people. • The journey took about 8 hours. recipe, receipt and prescription recipe, receipt 和 prescription A recipe is a set of instructions for cooking something. A recipe 是菜谱 A receipt is a piece of paper you are given after you pay for something. A receipt 是收据 A prescription is a piece of paper a doctor gives you to get the medicine you need. A prescription 是处方