卢思源编著的《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。
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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