1、discover

發現(以前不知道的事實)

She discovered that they'd escaped.

她發現他們已經逃跑了。

I discovered I was pregnant.

我發現自己懷孕了。

(偶然)發現;找到(一直在尋找的某人或某物)

A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.

幾天后，他的尸體在城外的路邊被發現，身上有被嚴重毆打過的痕跡。

初次接觸(某活動并樂在其中)

I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger.

我要是早點接觸到攝影技術就好了。

Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

體驗私人游艇的樂趣和奢華。

2、confuse

混淆;搞錯

Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.

大家非常謹慎，以免把這兩類項目弄混。

I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

我不明白怎么會有人把你和另外一個人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德國政治既令他驚訝，又讓他困惑不解。

攪亂;使復雜化

To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

使問題進一步復雜化的是，每個人需要的睡眠時間千差萬別。

3、turn out

(以某種方式)發生;最后是;結果是

If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

如果我早知道自己的人生結局會是如此，我當時寧愿讓他們殺了我。

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

有時事情并不像我們認為的那樣發展。

(尤指天氣突然)變得(晴好)

It's turned out nice again.

天氣又突然轉好了。

原來是;結果發現

Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong...

科斯格雷夫的預測最后證明是大錯特錯。

It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.

結果發現我認識那個中槍的人。

關掉，熄滅(電燈、煤氣等)

I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

我會一直玩到門房過來熄燈。