1. clothes,cloth,clothing clothes統指各種衣服,謂語動詞永遠是復數,cloth指布,為不可數名詞clothing 服裝的總稱,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后接不可數名詞,number后接可數名詞a number of students
4. family,house,home home 家,包括住處和家人,house房子,住宅,family家庭成員。My family is a happy one.
5. sound,voice,noise sound自然界各種各樣的聲音,voice人的嗓音,noise噪音I hate the loud noise outside.
6. photo,picture,drawing photo用照相機拍攝的照片,picture可指相片,圖片,電影片,drawing畫的畫Let‘s go and see a good picture.
7. vocabulary,word vocabulary詞匯,一個人擁有的單詞量,word具體的單詞He has a large vocabulary.
8. population,people population人口,人數,people具體的人China has a large population.
9. weather,climate weather一天內具體的天氣狀況,climate長期的氣候狀況The climate here is not good for you.
10. road,street,path,way road具體的公路,馬路,street街道,path小路,小徑,way道路,途徑take this road;in the street,show me the way to the museum.
11. course,subject course課程(可包括多門科目),subject科目(具體的學科)a summer course
12. custom,habit custom傳統風俗,習俗,也可指生活習慣,后接to do,habit生活習慣,習慣成自然,后接of doing. I‘ve got the habit of drinking a lot.
13. cause,reason cause 指造成某一事實或現象的直接原因,后接of sth./doing sth,reason用來解釋某種現象或結果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late
14. exercise,exercises,practice exercise運動,鍛煉(不可數),exercises練習(可數),practice(反復做的)練習Practice makes perfect.
15. class,lesson作"課"解時,兩者可以替換。指課文用lesson. 指班級或全體學生用class. lesson 6;class 5
16. speech,talk,lecture speech指在公共場所所做的經過準備的較正式的演說,talk日常生活中的一般的談話,講話,lecture學術性的演講,講課a series of lecture on…
17. officer,official officer部隊的軍官,official政府官員an army officer
18. work,job二者均指工作。work不可數,job可數a good job
19. couple,pair couple主要指人或動物,pair多指由兩部分組成的東西a pair of trousers
20. country,nation,state,land country側重指版圖,疆域,nation指人民,國民,民族,state側重指政府,政體,land國土,國家The whole nation was sad at the news.