北京中高考家教：

相似单词之间的区别。

1. clothes, cloth, clothing

clothes统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数

cloth指布,为不可数名词

clothing 服装的总称,指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of

2. incident, accident

incident指小事件,

accident指不幸的事故 He was killed in the accident.

3. amount, number

amount后接不可数名词,

number后接可数名词 a number of students

4. family, house, home

home 家,包括住处和家人,

house房子,住宅,

family家庭成员. My family is a happy one.

5. sound, voice, noise

sound自然界各种各样的声音,

voice人的嗓音,

noise噪音I hate the loud noise outside.

6. photo, picture, drawing

photo用照相机拍摄的照片,

picture可指相片,图片,电影片,

drawing画的画 Let's go and see a good picture.

7. vocabulary, word

vocabulary词汇,一个人拥有的单词量,He has a large vocabulary.

word具体的单词

8. population, people

population人口,人数,China has a large population.

people具体的人

9. weather, climate

weather一天内具体的天气状况,

climate长期的气候状况 The climate here is not good for you.

10. road, street, path, way（北京中高考家教www.beishidajiajiao.com）

road具体的公路,马路, street街道,

path小路,小径, way道路,途径

take this road; in the street, show me the way to the museum.

11. course, subject

course课程(可包括多门科目),

subject科目(具体的学科)a summer course

12. custom, habit

custom传统风俗,习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接to do,

habit生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接of doing. I've got the habit of drinking a lot.

13. cause, reason

cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因,后接of sth./doing sth,

reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late

14. exercise, exercises, practice

exercise运动,锻炼(不可数),

exercises练习(可数),practice(反复做的)练习 Practice makes perfect.

15. class, lesson

作“课”解时,两者可以替换.指课文用lesson. 指班级或全体学生用class.

lesson 6; class 5

16. speech, talk, lecture

speech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,

lecture学术性的演讲,讲课 a series of lecture on…

17. officer, official

officer部队的军官,

official政府官员 an army officer

18. work, job

二者均指工作。work不可数,job可数 a good job

19. couple, pair

couple主要指人或动物,

pair多指由两部分组成的东西 a pair of trousers

20. country, nation, state, land（北京中高考家教www.beishidajiajiao.com）

country侧重指版图,疆域,

nation指人民,国民,民族,The whole nation was sad at the news

state侧重指政府,政体,land国土,国家.

21. cook, cooker

cook厨师,cooker厨具 He is a good cook.

22. damage, damages

damage不可数名词, 损害,损失;

damages复数形式, 赔偿金 $900 damages

23. police, policeman

police警察的总称,后接复数谓语动词,

policeman 指某个具体的警察

The police are questioning everyone in the house.

24. problem, question

problem常和困难;联系,前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise,

question常和疑问联系,多和ask, answer连用

25. man, a man

man人类,a man一个男人 Man will conquer nature.

26. chick, chicken

二者均可指小鸡,chicken还可以当鸡肉 The chicken is delicious.

27. telegram, telegraph

当电报解时,telegram指具体的,telegraph指抽象的 a telegram, by telegraph

28. trip, journey, travel, voyage

travel是最常用的,

trip指短期的旅途,a three-day trip

journey指稍长的旅途,

voyage指海上航行

29. sport, game

sport多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动,如打球,游泳,打猎,赛马等;

game指决定胜负的游戏,通常有一套规则 His favorite sport is swimming.

30. price, prize（北京中高考家教www.beishidajiajiao.com）

price价格,

prize奖,奖品,奖金 win the first prize The price is high/low.