英語中有很多意思相近容易讓人混淆的詞匯,BEC商務(wù)英語考試中使用這類詞匯最容易讓人舉棋不定難以抉擇,今天小編給大家總結(jié)50組容易用錯(cuò)的詞匯,希望對你有所幫助。

1. bring, take, carry, fetch

bring拿來,take帶走,carry隨身攜帶,fetch去回這一往返動(dòng)作 fetch a box of chalk

2. spend, take, pay, cost

spend人做主語,花錢,花時(shí)間; spend…on sth./in doing sth; take物做主語,花時(shí)間; pay人做主語,花錢,pay for; cost物做主語,花錢

3. join, join in, take part in

join加入某個(gè)組織,并成為其中的一員;join in參加小型的活動(dòng), join sb. in;take part in 參加大型的活動(dòng) He joined the army five years ago.

4. leave, leave for

leave離開,leave for前往 He left Beijing for Shanghai.

5. used to, be used to

used to過去常常,be used to習(xí)慣于,后接sth./doing sth.;被用來,后接 do sth. He is used to getting up early.

6. win, lose, beat

win后接sth.,反義詞為lose, beat后接sb. win the game, beat them

7. live on, live by

live on以…為主食,live by靠…謀生 live on fish/ live by fishing

8. lose, miss

lose失去(具體的物體),錯(cuò)過 sth. is lost, lose the chance;miss 想念,錯(cuò)過sth. is missing, miss the chance

9. be tired of, be tired with/from

be tired of厭煩…,be tired with/from因?yàn)椤哿?be tired with/from running 800 meters

10. care about, care for

care about關(guān)心,計(jì)較,在乎,一般多用于否定句中;care for關(guān)心,照料,喜歡,愿意 He doesn't care about his clothes. I don't care for movies

11. feed, raise

feed喂養(yǎng),養(yǎng)活,飼養(yǎng) (to give food to), raise飼養(yǎng),養(yǎng)育 (cause to grow, bring up children) raise the family

12. mean to do, mean doing

mean to do打算,想要做某事,mean doing意思是,意味著 By this I mean giving the students more practice.

13. a girl, one girl

a girl可泛指所有女孩, one girl一個(gè)女孩 Can one girl carry such a big box?

14. in place of, in the place of

in place of代替,in the place of在…地方 A new building is built in the place of the old one.

15. in secret, in the secret

in secret秘密地,暗自地,偷偷地,一般用作狀語;in the secret知道內(nèi)情,知道秘密,一般用作表語 My mother was in the secret from the beginning.

16. take a chair, take the chair

take a chair相當(dāng)于sit down坐下,take the chair開始開會(huì)

17. die from, die of

die from表示死于(槍)傷,虛弱,過度勞累,飲食過度等,die of表示死于疾病,饑餓,寒冷,年老,憂愁,失戀等精神因素 die of hunger and cold

18. pay for, pay back, pay off

pay for為…付錢,pay back還錢,但不一定還清,pay off還清 pay for the book, pay off the debt

19. arrive, get, reach

arrive不及物動(dòng)詞,后接in (大地點(diǎn)),at(小地點(diǎn)),get不及物動(dòng)詞后接to,reach及物動(dòng)詞 arrive in Beijing, get to Beijing, reach Beijing

20. manage, try

manage to do設(shè)法做成了某事,try to do盡力去做某事但不一定成功 He tried to pass the exam, but he failed.

21. be familiar to, be familiar with

be familiar to某物對某人來說是熟悉的,be familiar with某人熟悉某物 The book is familiar to me. I'm familiar with the book.

22. agree with, agree to, agree on

agree with同意某人,agree to同意某事,agree on在…上達(dá)成一致意見,主語是復(fù)數(shù) agree with you, agree to the plan

23. receive, accept

receive收到某一東西,但不一定接受,accept接受 I received a gift, but I didn't accept it.

24. wear, put on, dress

wear和dress表狀態(tài),wear接衣服等,可用進(jìn)行時(shí),dress接人,be dressed in, put on表動(dòng)作 It's cold outside. Put on your warm clothes.

25. listen, hear

listen強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作,hear強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果 I listened, but I heard nothing.

26. look, see, watch

look看的動(dòng)作,see看的結(jié)果,watch強(qiáng)調(diào)所看物體的變化、移動(dòng)和發(fā)展watch TV

27. lie, lay

lie躺,位于(lay, lain),說謊(lied, lied),lay平放(laid, laid) lay the book

28. hurt, injure, wound

hurt感情上受傷,injure事故中受傷,wound戰(zhàn)爭中受傷 He was wounded in the war.

29. turn, get, grow

turn表突變,后常接表顏色的詞,get強(qiáng)調(diào)變的結(jié)果,grow強(qiáng)調(diào)過程,逐漸的變化 turn yellow, get tired, grow big

30. happen, take place

happen偶然性的沒有預(yù)料到的事情的發(fā)生,take place必然性的發(fā)生 Great changes have taken place in my hometown

31. at, in (表地點(diǎn))

at小地點(diǎn),in大地點(diǎn) arrive at a small village, arrive in Shanghai

32. increase to, increase by

increase to增長到…,increase by增長了… The number increased by 2,000 to 5,000.

33. since, for (完成時(shí)間狀語)

since接點(diǎn)時(shí)間或一句話,for接一段時(shí)間 for three years, since 3:00

34. on earth, on the earth, in the earth

on earth在世上,在人間,到底,究竟,一點(diǎn)也不,on the earth在地上,在地球上,in the earth在地下,在泥土里 no use on earth

35. in surprise, to one's surprise

in surprise驚奇地,to one's surprise使某人吃驚的是,

36. in the air, on the air, in the sky

in the air正在醞釀中,on the air播送,廣播,in the sky在天空中 His show is on the air at 6:00 tonight.

37. through, across

through穿越空間,across在…上穿過 through the forest, across the desert

38. on the way, in the way

on the way在前往…的路上,in the way擋路 The chair is in the way.

39. above, on, over

above在上面,不接觸,on在上面,接觸,over在正上方 fly over the hill

40. until, not…until

until到…為止, not…until直到…才(常跟點(diǎn)動(dòng)詞連用)I waited until 3:00. He didn't come until 3:00

41. besides, except, except for

besides除了…還(包括在內(nèi))except除了(不包括在內(nèi)),except for整體…除了某一點(diǎn)以外 The composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes.

42. whether, if

當(dāng)是否解時(shí),只有在賓語從句中二者可以互換,其余都用whether,當(dāng)如果解時(shí)用if I don't know if/whether he will come. If he comes, I'll let you know.

43. because, since, as, for

原因由強(qiáng)到弱為:because, since/as, for. 在句中的位置如下:1)…because… 2) Since/as…, … 3) …, for… Since I was ill, I didn't go.

44. when, as, while (表時(shí)間)

when從句動(dòng)詞點(diǎn)動(dòng)詞,持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞均可,as重在表示動(dòng)作同時(shí)發(fā)生,伴隨進(jìn)行,while從句動(dòng)詞為持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞 While I slept, a thief broke in.

45. the same…as, the same…that

the same…as和…一樣的(相似但不同一), the same…that 同一物體 This is the same pen that I used yesterday. (同一支筆)

46. as well, as well as

as well也,常放于句末,和and連用表示既…又;as well as并列連詞,不但…而且… He is a professor, and a writer as well.

47. such…as, such…that

such…as像…樣的,such…that如此…以至于 He is not such a fool as he looks like. He is such a good student that all the teachers like him.

48. because, because of

because連詞,連接兩句話,because of介詞短語,后接詞或短語 He didn't go to school because of his illness.

49. in order that, in order to

表目的,in order that后接句子,in order to后接動(dòng)詞原形 I got up early in order to catch the first bus. I got up early so that I could catch the first bus.

50. sleeping, asleep, sleepy

sleeping正在睡覺,asleep睡著,熟睡,只能做表語,sleepy困的,有睡意的 a sleeping baby The baby is asleep. I'm sleepy.