在學習英語詞匯中，有時同義詞的辨析是很不容易的，我們一般從三方面進行區分，即：語法、語義和文體。語法主要是詞性、搭配、句式等的區分；語義主要是詞義的本義、引申義、比喻義和內涵和外延等的區分；文體主要是正式和非正式、褒義和貶義等的區分。

3.戰斗 (打仗)

fight: It is a bodily struggle (奮斗 斗爭)

struggle: An effort of any kind to overcome difficulty.

(戰斗) battle: A fight between armed forces.

(戰役) campaign: A series of related military operations in a war.

(戰爭) war: A period of fight between countries or states when

weapons are used and many people are killed.

(對抗) combat: A fight, conflict, controversy.

4.牧師 (教士 牧師)

priest: A person, esp. a man specially trained for various religious duties and

ceremonies, in the Christian church, esp. in the Roman Catholic church

(牧師) minister: A member of clergy, esp. Protestant churches.

(牧師) clergy(pl): The officially appointed leader of the religious activities of

a particular church or temple.

clergyman: clergymen(pl) a member of clergy.

(牧師) pastor: A Christian religious leader in charge of a church and its

members, esp. in a Protestant church.

(教區牧師) vicar: A priest in charge of an area(parish) in the church of England.

father: A little of respect for a priest, esp. in the Roman Catholic.