初中英语易混词汇辨析 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. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. road, street, path, way 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. 8. course, subject
course课程（可包括多门科目），
subject科目（具体的学科）a summer course
9. 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. 10. 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
11. 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. 12. 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 13. 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… 14. work, job
二者均指工作。work不可数，job可数 a good job 15. 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 16. country, nation, state, land
country侧重指版图，疆域，nation指人民，国民，民族，state侧重指政府，政体，land国土，国家
The whole nation was sad at the news. 17. cook, cooker
cook厨师，cooker厨具 He is a good cook. 18. damage, damages
damage不可数名词,损害，损失; damages复数形式,赔偿金 $900 damages
19. 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. 20. problem, question
problem常和困难连系，前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise，question常和疑问连系，多和ask, answer连用 21. trip, journey, travel
travel是最常用的，trip指短期的旅途，journey指稍长的旅途， a three-day trip 22. 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. 23. price, prize
price价格，prize奖，奖品，奖金 win the first prize The price is high/low. 24. a number of, the number of a number of许多，谓语动词用复数。 the number of…的数目，谓语动词用单数。 The number of students is increasing. 25. in front of, in the front of in front of范围外的前面， in the front of范围内的前面 In the front of the room sits a boy. 26. for a moment, for the moment for a moment片刻，一会儿， for the moment暂时，一时 Thinking for a moment, he agreed. 27. next year, the next year
next year将来时间状语，the next year过去将来时间状语 He said he would go abroad the next year. 28. more than a year, more than one year
more than a year一年多，more than one year超过一年（两年或三年等）
初中英语易混词汇辨析
