大学英语四级易混单词辨析.doc

张磊老师资料：常见易混词 易混单词辨析1. attitude, latitude, altitude, gratitude 2. contribute, attribute, distribute3. describe, prescribe, subscribe, substitute 4. difference, indifference 5. simultaneous, spontaneous 6. senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior, priority minor, major, mayor 7. presume, resume, consume, assume 8. considerate, considerable9. favor favorite, favourable 10. comparative, comparable 11. exit, exist, 12. evaluate, assess, asset, access 13. offer, afford 14. vital, fatal 15. refuse, decline, reject, eject, subject to, object 16. subjective, objective, positive, negative17. effective, efficient18. farmer, former/latter/later, formal19. effect, affect,/influence/impact infect20. owe, own 21. start, startle 22. confirm, confine, confront, confuse, conform23. continual, continuous24. successive, successful, succeed, success 25. golf, gulf 26. appeal, appear 27. count, account 28. term, item 29. constant, instant30. unlike, dislike 31. personal, personnel32. staff, stuff33. sensitive, sensible; 34. fresh, flesh, flash 35. brush, blush ,flush, crash, clash, crush, dash, rush 36. down, dawn 37. deceive, conceive, receive, perceive 38. increase, decrease 39. comb, tomb 40. comedy, tragedy, strategy, remedy, therapy 41. pessimist, optimist 42. negative, positive, active, passive, excessive, progressive, aggressive, exclude, exclusive, explosive, massive 43. coin, coil, soil, oil, 44. familiar, similar 45. economic, economical46. electric, electrical47. classic, classical48. historic, historical49. critic, critical of 50. mechanic, mechanical 51. majority, minority 52. source, resource 53. emit, submit, transmit 54. transfer, translate, transit, transport, transplant, transform 55. inform sb of, reform, conform 56. entertain, sustain, attain, maintain, retain, obtain, contain, detain 57. think, thank 58. epoch, era, ear 59. release, relieve, believe, relive, deliver 60. berry, cherry, merry, Mary, marry, carry 61. cost, coast 62. border, bother 63. bride, bridge 64. dairy, daily, diary 65. bind, bound, abound66. breeze, freeze67. sow, sew, saw68. brass, grass, glass, class69. vacation, vocation 70. stationary, stationery 71. board, aboard, abroad, broad 72. blow, brow, brown, drown, drawn 73. bunch, brunch, lunch, launch 74. bottom, button 75. calculate, speculate, circulate, regulate 76. cabbage, luggage, baggage, garbage 77. cable, table, able 78. champion, champagne 79. labour, label 80. hospital, hospitality 81. evolve, involve, revolve, revolt 82. resist, assist, persist, insist 83. e(i)nqire, require, acquire 84. request, inquest, conquest 85. crash, crush 86. principal, principle 87. prefer, infer, refer, confer 88. justify, ratify, certify, modify, notify, clarify, classify 89. male, mail90. assemble, resemble, dissemble, 91. assure, insure, ensure 92. incline, decline93. dissolve, resolve, solve 94. suppose, expose, dispose, impose, oppose, compose, comprise 95. explode, exploit, explore 96. favour, flavour 97. adopt, adapt, adept 98. preserve, reserve, deserve 99. expect, respect, suspect, inspect; aspect 100. respective, respectful, respectable101. sour, sore, score, snore 102. cartoon, carton 103. cancer, cancel 104. assign, resign, design 105. minimum, maximum 106. optimistic, pessimistic 107. define, refine, confine 108. relative, relevant 109. restrain, restrict 110. ethnic, esthetic 111. blood, flood 112. chapter, charter, chart 113. passage, passenger, messenger 114. chuckle, charcoal 115. cheek, check, chess, chest 116. cheer, chill, kill 117. feel, felt, fall, fell 118. kitchen, chicken 119. jaw, claw, paw, law, raw 120. cite, site 121. cause, course, coarse, hoarse, horse, house, hose, host, hoist 122. comprise, compromise 123. conceal, reveal 124. confess, profess 125. content, contain 126. temporary, contemporary 127. since, scene, scenery, sincere 128. council, counsel, consult, insult 129. clown, crown, frown 130. dam, damn, damp 131. data, date, 132. relay, delay, clay 133. demonstrate, illustrate, frustrate 134. ascend, descend 135. desert, dessert 136. desire, deserve, derive 137. detail, retail, retell 138. die, dye 139. dissolve, resolve, solve 140. dose, doze, dozen 141. dust, dusk 142. angle, angel, anchor, ankle 143. edit, credit 144. elastic, plastic 145. eliminate, illuminate, illustrate 146. emit, omit 147. enforce, reinforce 148. civil, evil, devil149. exert, excess, excel, exceed, precede, process, proceed 150. excite, recite 151. exclude, include 152. explore, explode, exploit 153. express, impress, oppress, depress, suppress, oppress 154. facility, faculty, fare, fair, hair, hare, rare, share 155. family, familiar 156. feather, feature, figure, finger 157. whether, weather, leather 158. sweet, sweat 159. fold, folk 160.fortnight, forenight 161. form, from 162. fragment, fraction, friction 163. brighten, frighten 164. fun, fund, fond 165. furnace, furnish 166. gang, gong 167. lapse, lap, gap, sap, nap, map, cap, tap, tape 168. genius, genuine 169. goal, goat, ghost 170. glance, glimpse, glare 171. glow, grow 172. grap, grip, grasp 173. grand, grant 174. gross, cross 175. glow, grow 176. guess, guest 177. hear, heal, heel, hill 178. edge, hedge 179. wholly, holy, holly, hoe, hole 180. hook, brook, crook 181. hint, hunt 182. idea, ideal, idle, idiot, idol 183. imitate, emulate 184. imply, apply, reply 185. improve, approve 186. inhabit, inherit 187. expire, aspire, respire, inspire, inspect 188. instant, instance 189. tense, intense, intensive 190. instruct, construct, 191. interior, exterior, 192. extensive, intensive; 193. internal, external 194. import, export 195. include, exclude 196. journal, journey 197. jump, bump, lump, dump, numb, dumb 198. knee, kneel 199. leek, leak, lick 200. reap, leap 201. length, strength 202. lessen, lesson 203. lest, least, list 204. test, text, nest, next 205. limb, limp, lame 206. lip, sip, kip, dip, tip, hip 207. hobby, lobby 208. rock, lock, sock, knock, dock, flock, pock, cock, block, mock 209. log, hog, fog 210. lose, loose, loosen 211. manual, annual 212. mask, musk 213. mass, mess 214. meal, mill 215. meat, meet 216. medal, meddle, middle 217. mouth, mouse 218. nail, snail 219. amateur, mature, nature, 220. notify, rectify, classify, gratify 221. notion, motion 222. nuclear, nucleus 223. outlook, overlook 224. pee, pea 225. pear, pair, peer, 226. pension, tension 227. pick, peek, peak 228. seek, sick, sickle 229. pepper, paper 230. phase, phrase 231. physics, physicist, physician 232. peace, piece 233. plane, plain 234. policy, police, polish 235. pool, poor 236. president, precedent, preceding, previous 237. play, pray, prey 238. pressure, pleasure 239. price, prize, praise 240. pull, push 241. quit, quite, quiet 242. rise, arise, raise 243. ray, lay 244. rare, rear, real, reel 245. revise, review 246. roast, toast 247. role, roll 248. tool, stool 249. royal, loyal 250. low, row 251. sale, sail 252. send, sand 253. sauce, source, sour, sore, shore 254. scare, scarce 255. scrape, scratch 256. cease, seize, size 257. sea, see 258. selfish, shellfish 259. sequence, frequence 260. series, serious 261. section, session 262. share, sheer 263. skate, ski, skip, skim, skin, scan, 264. sigh, sign 265. sell, shell 266. dim, slim, slender, tender 267. slip, sleep 268. soap, soup 269. soul, sole 270. space, species 271. static, statistic, status, statue 272. steak, stick 273. still, steel 274. stop, stoop 275. strap, strip, stripe 276. studio, stadium 277. supper, super, superb 278. survey, survive 279. tale, tail 280. temple, temper 281. thread, threat 282. tone, tune 283. touch, torch 284. tough, rough 285. tire, tyre 286. cover, uncover, recover, discover, 287. graduate, undergraduate, postgraduate 288. urban, suburb, rural 289. emergent, urgent 290. week, weak 291. mild, wild 292. wrist, waist 293. approach, reproach 294. path