高考英语词汇四十篇（英语180组易混淆词汇辨析）
高考英语词汇四十篇（英语180组易混淆词汇辨析）3. in secret in the secretA new building is built in the place of the old one.2. in place of in the place ofin placeof代替，in the placeof在…地方
1. in a word in words
in aword总之，一句话，
inwords口头上
In a word you are right.
2. in place of in the place of
in placeof代替，
in the placeof在…地方
A new building is built in the place of the old one.
3. in secret in the secret
insecret秘密地，暗自地，偷偷地，一般用作状语；
31. at all after all
atall根本，全然 afterall到底，毕竟After all he is a child.
32. tall high
tall常指人或动物，high常指物体He is tall.
33. fast quickly
fast侧重于指人或物体具有运动速度快的特点，quickly侧重指某事完成或发生的快run fast answer the question quickly
34. high highly
high具体的高，highly抽象的高，高度的think highly of
35. healthy healthful
healthy健康的，健壮的，
healthful有益于健康的 healthful exercise
36. sleeping asleep sleepy
sleeping正在睡觉，asleep睡着，熟睡，只能做表语，sleepy困的，有睡意的a sleeping baby The baby is asleep. I'm sleepy.
37. gold golden
gold指真金制品，golden指金色的，但金鱼用goldfish a gold ring
38. most mostly
most用于表感受的肯定句中，相当于very，当大部分，大多数解时是形容词或名词，
mostly大部分 是副词most people the people are mostly…
39. just very
just表强调时是副词，作状语，very表强调时是形容词，用作定语the very man just the man
40. wide broad
wide侧重于一边到另一边的距离，broad侧重于幅面的宽广broadshoulders
41. real true
real真的，真实的，指的是事实上存在而不是想象的，true真的，真正的，指的是事实和实际情况相符合real gold a true story
42. respectful respectable
respectful尊敬，有礼貌，
respectable可敬的，值得尊敬的
be respectful to the aged
43. outwards outward
二者均可用作副词，表示向外，外面，
outward还可用作形容词an outward voyage
44. pleasant pleased pleasing
pleasant常用作定语，pleased pleasing常用作表语，pleased主语常为人，pleasing主语常为物a pleasant trip The trip is pleasing.
45. understanding understandable
understanding明白事理的，能体谅的，understandable可理解的，能够懂的an understanding girl an understandable mistake
46. close closely
close接近，靠近，closely紧紧地，紧密地closely connected stand close
47. ill sick
ill做表语，sick定，表均可a sick boy
48. good well
good形容词，well副词，但指身体状况是形容词He is well again.
49. quiet silent still
quiet安静的，可以发出小的声音，silent不发出声音，但可以动，still完全不动，完全无声响He stand there still.他站在那儿，一动不动，也不说话。
50. hard hardly
hard努力，hardly几乎不work hard I can hardly believe it.
51. able capable
able与不定式todo连用，capable与of连用He is capable of doing…
52. almost nearly
二者均为'几乎 差不多'和否定词连用用almostalmost nobody
53. late lately
late迟，晚，lately最近，近来I haven't seen him lately.
54. living alive live lively
living alive live均为活着的，living定表均可，alive定表均可，定语后置，live只能做定语，lively意为活波的all the living people=all the people alive
55. excited exciting
excited使人兴奋的，exciting令人兴奋的I'm excited. The news is exciting.
56. deep deeply
deep具体的深，deeply抽象的深，深深地deeply moved dig deep
57. aloud loud
aloud出声地，loud大声地readaloud(出声地读)
58. worth worthy
二者均为值得，
worth后接doing，
worthy后接 to be done of being done
It is worth visiting.
=It's worthy to be visited.
= It's worthy of being visited.
59. bad badly
bad形容词，badly副词，不好，但与need want require连用为'很，非常'go bad I need the book badly.
60. before long long before
beforelong不久以后，longbefore很久以前not long before = before long
61. at in(表地点)
at小地点，in大地点arrive at a small village arrive in Shanghai
62. at work in work
at work在工作，在上班，in work有职业，有工作Both my parents are at work. They are not at home.
63. increase to increase by
increaseto增长到…，increaseby增长了…The number increased by 2 000 to 5 000.
64. at ease with ease
at ease舒适地，安逸地；
with ease容易地，无困难地do it with ease
65. day after day day by day
day afterday日复一日（无变化）；daybyday一天天地（有变化）Treesgrow taller day by day.
66. like as
like相似关系，但并不等同，as同一关系，两者实为一体Don't treat me as a child. (In fact I'm a child.)
67. after in(表时间)
after接时间点，in接时间段after 7:00 in five minutes
68. between among
between两者之间，三者或三者以上两两之间 among三者或三者以上之间
Switzerland lies betweenFrance Germany Australia and Italy.
69. after behind(表位置)
after强调次序的先后，behind强调物体静态位置的前后There are many trees behind the house.
70. since for(完成时间状语)
since接点时间或一句话，for接一段时间for three years since 3:00
71. on the corner in the corner at the corner
on thecorner物体表面的角上，inthecorner物体内部的角落里，atthecorner物体外部的角落上（拐角处）onthe corner of the table
72. warn sb. of warn sb. against
warn sb.of提醒某人注意某事，warnsb.against提醒某人不要做某事warm him against swimming in that part of the river
73. at peace in peace
atpeace平静地，inpeace和平地live in peace with one's neighbors
74. on earth on the earth in the earth
onearth在世上，在人间，到底，究竟，一点也不，ontheearth在地上，在地球上，intheearth在地下，在泥土里no use on earth
75. in surprise to one's surprise by surprise
insurprise惊奇地，toone'ssurprise使某人吃惊的是，bysurprise使…惊慌The question took the professor by surprise.
76. in the air on the air in the sky
in theair正在酝酿中，ontheair播送，广播，inthesky在天空中His show is on the air at 6:00 tonight.
77. in the field on the field
in thefield在野外，onthefield在战场上He lost his life on the field.
78. in the market on the market
in themarket表示场所或地点，在市场上，onthe market出售 He sells fish inthe market. Fresh vegetables are on the market now.
79. in the sun under the sun
in thesun在阳光下，underthesun地球上，全世界people under the sun
80. in a voice with one voice
in avoice出声地，withonevoice异口同声地They refused with one voice.
81. through across
through穿越空间，across在…上穿过through the forest across the desert
82. on the way in the way
on theway在前往…的路上，inthe way挡路 The chair is in theway.
83.above on over
above在上面，不接触，on在上面，接触，over在正上方fly over the hill
84. until not…until
until到…为止，not…until直到…才（常跟点动词连用）Iwaited until 3:00. He didn't come until 3:00.
85. besides except except for
besides除了…还（包括在内）except除了（不包括在内），exceptfor整体…除了某一点以外The composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes.
86. weather if
当是否解时，只有在宾语从句中二者可以互换，其余都用weather，当如果解时用ifI don't know if/whether he will come. If he comes I'll let youknow.
87. and or
and并且，or或者，否则，常用于否定句中I don't like apples or bananas.
Hurry up and you'll catchthe bus. Hurry up or you'll miss the bus.
88. because since as for
原因由强到弱为：because since/as for.在句中的位置如下：1)…because…2) Since/as… … 3)… for… Since I was ill Ididn't go.
89. when as while(表时间)
when从句动词点动词，持续性动词均可，as重在表示动作同时发生，伴随进行，while从句动词为持续性动词While I slept a thief broke in.
90. the same…as thesame…that
thesame…as和…一样的（相似但不同一），the same…that同一物体This is the same pen that I used yesterday.(同一支笔)
91. as well as well as
aswell也，常放于句末，和and连用表示既…又；aswellas并列连词，不但…而且…He is a professor and a writer as well.
92. such…as such…that
such…as像…样的，such…that如此…以至于He is not such a fool as he looks like. He is such a good studentthat all the teachers like him.
93. because because of
because连词，连接两句话，becauseof介词短语，后接词或短语He didn't go to school because of his illness.
94. in order that in order to
表目的，inorderthat后接句子，inorderto后接动词原形I got up early in order to catch the first bus. I got up early sothat I could catch the first bus.
95. for example such as
forexample一般只列举一个，suchas列举多个例子I have been to a lot of American cities such as New York Atlantaand Chicago.
96. used to would
表过去常常，和现在相对应用usedto，不提现在用wouldI used to get up early but now I don't.
97. All right. That's all right. That's right.
All right. That's allright.当好吧解时，可以替换；当不客气，没关系解时只能用That'sall right. That's right.那是对的---Sorry. --- That's all right.
98. such…that so…that
当如此…以至于解时，such…that修饰名词，so…that修饰形容词或副词，但名词前面如果有many much little few修饰用so…that，不用suchthat
so many peoplethat… such a lovely boy=so lovely a boy
99. so be (have can do)主语，neither(nor) be (have can do)主语
也一样，肯定用so…否定用neither(nor) ---I can't play tennis. ---Nor can I.
100. Shall I…? Willyou…?
Shall I…?征求对方意见或向对方请示，意为我能…吗？Will you…?请求或建议对方做某事，意为你愿意…吗？Willyou help me? Yes I will.
101. quite rather
quite完全地，相当于completely rather修饰比较级quite impossible
102. happy glad
happy高兴，幸福，定表均可，glad高兴，只能做表语a happy girl
103. instead instead of
instead是副词，放在句首或句末，insteadof是介词短语，放在句中Hedidn't see a film. Instead he watched TV. He watched TV instead ofseeing a film.
104. too much much too
too much后接不可数名词，muchtoo后接形容词much too heavy
105. be about to be going to be to do
be aboutto表最近的将来，后面不接时间状语，begoing to侧重打算，想法，betodo侧重意志，计划，安排I'mto meethim.(含双方事先约好的意思)
106. raise rise
raise及物动词，rise不及物动词The sun rises in the east.
107. bring take carry fetch
bring拿来，take带走，carry随身携带，fetch去回这一往返动作fetch a box of chalk
108. spend take pay cost
spend人做主语，花钱，花时间;spend…on sth./in doing sth;take物做主语，花时间;pay人做主语，花钱，payfor;cost物做主语，花钱
109. join join in take part in
join加入某个组织，并成为其中的一员；joinin参加小型的活动 join sb. in；take part in参加大型的活动He joined the army five years ago.
**. learn study
learn学习，侧重学习的结果，study学习，侧重学习的过程，研究
study the problem
111. want hope wish
want打算，想要，wantto do want sb. to do hope希望（通常可以实现），hopeto do/ hope that…wish希望（通常不能实现）wish(sb.) to do wish sb/sth. n. I wish you success.
112. discover invent find out
discover发现本来存在但不为人所知的东西，invent发明本来不存在的物体，findout发现，查明At last he found out the truth.
113. answer reply
answer及物动词，reply不及物动词，后接to reply to the letter
114. leave leave for
leave离开，leavefor前往 He left BeijingforShanghai.
115. rob steal
rob** rob sb. ofsth.，steal偷 steal sth. fromsb.
116. shoot shoot at
shoot射死，shootat瞄准，但不一定射中He shot the bird and it died.
117. drop fall
drop及物不及物均可，fall不及物动词Prices fell/dropped. He dropped his voice.
118. search search for
search后接地点，searchfor后接东西He searched his pocket for money.
119. used to be used to
usedto过去常常，beusedto习惯于，后接sth./doingsth.；被用来，后接do sth. He is used to getting up early.
120. win lose beat
win后接sth.，反义词为lose beat后接sb. win the game beatthem
121. live on live by
liveon以…为主食，liveby靠…谋生live on fish/ live by fishing
122. beat hit strike
beat连续性地击打；hit打中，对准打；strike打一下或若干下beat the wings
123. meet meet with
meet遇到，meetwith体验到，遭遇到meet with an accident
124. lose miss
lose失去（具体的物体），错过sth. is lost lose the chance；miss想念，错过sth.is missing miss the chance
125. be tired of be tired with/from
be tiredof厌烦…，betiredwith/from因为…而累了be tired with/from running 800 meters
126. care about care for
careabout关心，计较，在乎，一般多用于否定句中；carefor关心，照料，喜欢，愿意He doesn't care about his clothes. I don't care for movies.
127. catch a cold have a cold
catch acold不能和表示'一段时间'的状语连用，而havea cold可以
She has had a cold for aweek.
128. change for change into
changefor调换成，changeinto变成 Change the shirt for abigger one. Water changes into ice.
129. continue last
二者均为持续，continue主动，被动均可，last只能用主动The war continued/lasted five years. The story is to becontinued.
130. feed raise
feed喂养，养活，饲养(to give food to)，raise饲养，养育(cause to grow bring up children) raise the family
131. 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apiece of an article of
132. incident accident
incident指小事件 accident指不幸的事故Hewas killed in the accident.
133. amount number
amount后接不可数名词，number后接可数名词a number of students
134. 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.
135. sound voice noise
sound自然界各种各样的声音，voice人的嗓音，noise噪音Ihate the loud noise outside.
136. 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.
137. vocabulary word
vocabulary词汇，一个人拥有的单词量，word具体的单词Hehas a large vocabulary.
138. population people
population人口，人数，people具体的人China has a large population.
139. 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.
140. 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 wayto the museum.
141. course subject
course课程（可包括多门科目），subject科目（具体的学科）asummer course
142. custom habit
custom传统风俗，习俗，也可指生活习惯，后接todo，habit生活习惯，习惯成自然，后接ofdoing. I've got the habit of drinking a lot.
143. cause reason
cause指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因，后接ofsth./doingsth，reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由，后接forsth./doing sth. the reason for being late
144. 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.
145. 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
146. 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…
147. officer official
officer部队的军官，official政府官员an army officer
148. work job
二者均指工作。work不可数，job可数a good job
149. 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
150. 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.
151. cook cooker
cook厨师，cooker厨具He is a good cook.
152. damage damages
damage不可数名词 损害，损失;damages复数形式 赔偿金 $900damages
153. police policeman
police**的总称，后接复数谓语动词，policeman指某个具体的**The police are questioning everyone in the house.
154. problem question
problem常和困难连系，前面的动词常为thinkabout solve raise，question常和疑问连系，多和ask answer连用
155. man a man
man人类，aman一个男人Man will conquer nature.
156. chick chicken
二者均可指小鸡，chicken还可以当鸡肉The chicken is delicious.
157. telegram telegraph
当电报解时，telegram指具体的，telegraph指抽象的a telegram by telegraph
158. trip journey travel voyage
travel是最常用的，trip指短期的旅途，journey指稍长的旅途，voyage指海上航行a three-day trip
159. 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.
160. price prize
price价格，prize奖，奖品，奖金win the first prize The price is high/low.
161. a number of the number of
a numberof许多，谓语动词用复数。thenumberof…的数目，谓语动词用单数。Thenumber of students is increasing.
162. in front of in the front of
in frontof范围外的前面，inthe frontof范围内的前面In the front of the room sits a boy.
163. of the day of a day
of theday每一天的，当时的，当代的，of aday暂时的，不长久的a famous scientist of the day
164. three of us the three of us
three ofus我们（不止三个）中的三个，thethree ofus我们三个（就三个人）Thethree of us---Tom Jack and I went to the cinema.
165. by bus on the bus
bybus表手段，方式，不用冠词，onthe bus表范围They went there by bus.
166. for a moment for the moment
for a moment片刻，一会儿，forthemoment暂时，一时Thinking for a moment he agreed.
167. next year the next year
nextyear将来时间状语，thenextyear过去将来时间状语He said he would go abroad the next year.
168. more than a year more than one year
more than ayear一年多，morethan oneyear超过一年（两年或三年等）
169. take advice take the(one's) advice
takeadvice征求意见，taketheadvice接受忠告He refused to take the advice and failed again.
170. take air take the air
takeair传播，走漏，taketheair到户外去，
We take the air every day.
171.elder 与elderly
两者都为“年老的”，但有细微的差别。
elderly指中年与暮年之间的年龄，表示人已过中年，因此，这词常用来代替old。如：
an elderly gentleman.一位年长的绅士。
elder指年龄稍长者，适用于家庭的兄弟姐妹之间。如：
Tom is the elder of the two.汤姆是两个孩子中较大的一个。
172.precious 和expensive
expensive表示“昂贵的”。如：Thedrink was cheap but the food was very expensive .饮料很便宜，但食物很贵。precious表示“珍贵的，宝贵的”。如：Thechildren are precious to me .孩子们对我来说很重要。
173.regret to do和 regret doing
regret doing表示“做了某事而感到遗憾或后悔”，v-ing动作发生在regret之前。如：Iregretted missing the train.我为没有赶上火车而感到很懊恼。regret to do指“当时或现在遗憾地做什么”。如：Iregret to tell you that we can't stay here any longer.我遗憾地告诉你，我们不能在这儿多呆了。
174.day by day和 day after day
两词组意思很近，但有区别：dayby day只用作状语，表示“一天天地” 有逐渐转变的意思。如：Dayby day she seems to grow a littletaller.她似乎一天天地长高了。day after day可作主语，宾语等，亦可作状语，表示“一天又一天”，强调动作的重复，表示时间的长久。如：We do the same work day after day.每天我们做着同样的事情。/Day after day went by and I still don't receive her letter.一天天过去了，我还是没有收到她的来信。
175.damp与 wet
两者都表示“潮湿的”，但有细微差别。wet指曾浸泡在液体中或布满了液体的东西，或指多雨的天气。如：It's a wet day.今天是一个雨天。/wet clothes湿衣服。damp指未湿透但潮湿的东西。The damp in the air makes me uncomfortable.潮湿的空气使我感到不舒服。
176.hunger与 starvation
两词都表“饥饿”。hunger指人对食物的迫切要求，是一种正常的生理现象。如：Hunger is the best sauce.肚子饿了吃什么都香。而starvation指长时间缺乏食物引起痛苦，与hunger相比是不正常的生理现象，而是人为的灾难。如：
The old man died of starvation.那个老人活活饿死了。
177.boring与 dull tiresome
三词都为“令人厌烦的”，但有区别：
boring概念最广，尤指引起人厌倦、枯燥的谈话文章，也指令人生厌的人。如：
The talk was very long and boring.这篇谈话冗长，毫无趣味。
dull 与 boring极为相近，也指因呆板或缺乏趣味性而令人感到厌倦。如：
a dull book一本枯燥的书。tiresome主指单调沉闷而产生疲倦厌烦。如：
It's tiresome to be funny for a whole evening整晚上都逗笑取乐是很疲劳的。
178.gift与 present
两词都为“礼物”，但有细微的差别。
gift既指免费捐赠给团体或机构的物品，也指亲友间互赠礼品。如：
a gift to the museum一件捐给博物馆的赠品。
present指亲友间互赠 如：
Here is a little present for you.这儿有你一份小小的礼物。
179.handsome与 beautiful
两词都表“美丽”，但有区别。beautiful指优美和谐、高贵，多形容妇女、地方、事物，很少用来形容男子。如：
a beautiful woman一位美丽的妇女
a beautiful scene美景。而handsome用于形容男人，表示英俊潇洒。如：
He is a tall and handsome man.他是一个高大英俊的男人。
180.country 与 nation
country表示国家，包括领土和人民，着重指疆土。该词概念极为广泛，可用于各种文体，有时作“祖国”讲，带感情色彩。如：
China is a great country with a long history.中国是一个历史悠久的伟大国家。
His father's country was France.他父亲的祖国是法国。
After many years abroad he wanted to return home to his country.在国外呆了多年以后，他想回到自己的祖国去。
country来源于拉丁文contra，是对立的意思，即某地区与其他地区极不相同从而独立存在。
nation指在某一国土上定居的人民，以及代表他们的独立政权。nation来源于拉丁文nasci 意思是出生，nation原指具有相同血源的民族，因此它强调一个国家中的人民，概念较country狭窄。如:
the Chinese nation中华民族。
The whole nation rose to resist aggression.全民奋起抗击侵略。
The president spoke on the radio to the nation.总统通过广播向全国人民讲话。但在国际交往正式场合下，nation语体庄重，较country用得多。如：
the United Nations联合国
a most favoured nation最惠国
the law of nations国际公法。
