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在雅思口语和写作中，能正确、恰当地使用词汇是必不可少的。不过很多烤鸭在背单词或者在实践中会发现，有的单词会出现“傻傻分不清”的情况，有的可能是拼写相似，有的可能是因为中文翻译相似实则在英文环境中的用法有差异，还有的可能发音相同实际上是两个意思完全不同的单词。如果用错了单词造成表达偏差可就在考场上闹出大笑话了。

为了能让各位小烤鸭在雅思考试中用词更加准确，收集了20组易混淆词汇，这些单词不光是烤鸭，有时连英语母语者都会用错，快来一起来看看都有哪些吧！

01 Affect/Effect

Affect: 动词，表示影响或改变某事

Effect: 名词，表示某事产生的效果、作用和或变化

🌰例句：

Affect: The weather affects my mood.

Effect: The effect of the medicine was immediate.

02 Alternatives/Choices

Alternatives: 名词，表示替代物。适用于选择有两个时。

Choices: 名词，表示选择。适用于选择超过两个。

🌰例句：

Alternative: There's some alternatives that are used now as well.

Choices: Our choices come down to staying here or leaving here.

03 Anticipate/Expect

Anticipate: 动词，表示预料、预见。通常表示不仅相信某事会发生，还会为此做些准备

Expect: 动词，表示期待、预计

🌰例句：

Anticipate: We anticipate that sales will rise next year.

Expect: I expect that the weather will be nice.

04 Appraise /Apprise

Appraise: 动词，表示评估、估量

Apprise: 动词，表示通知、报告

🌰例句：

Appraise: Managers must appraise all staff.

Apprise: We must apprise them of the dangers that may be involved.

05 Aural /Oral 

Aural: 形容词，听觉的

Oral: 做形容词时表示口头的、口述的；作名词时表示口试

🌰例句：

Aural: He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.

Oral: There will be a test of both oral and written French.

06 Beside/Besides

Beside: 介词，表示在...旁边

Besides: 作介词用时，表示除了…之外，还/且；做作副词用时，表示此外，况且

🌰例句：

Beside: My friend sat beside me during the movie.

Besides: Besides enjoying reading, she loves playing football.

07 Breath/Breathe

Breath: 名词，表示气息、呼吸，通常指一个完整的呼吸循环

Breathe: 动词，表示呼吸，通常指吸入和呼出的过程

🌰例句：

Breath: She took a deep breath before jumping in the water.

Breathe: It’s important to breathe deeply when practicing yoga.

08 Capital/Capitol

Capital: 作名词时表示首都、首府、资金、资本；作形容词时表示大写的、首府的、极好的

Capitol: 名词，表示国会，通常指立法机构在其中开会并履行政府职能的建筑物或建筑物群

🌰例句：

Capital: Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States.

Capitol: Thousands of demonstrators rallied in front of the Capitol.

09 Compliment/Complement

Compliment: 作名词时，表示赞扬、问侯；作动词时表示称赞、恭维

Complement: 作名词时，表示补足物；作动词时，表示补充

🌰例句：

Compliment: She received a compliment for her excellent work.

Complement: The new curtains complemented the color scheme of the room.

10 compose/comprise

Compose: 动词，表示组成、构成。主语是构成事物的各个部分

Comprise: 动词，表示包括、包含。主语是由不同部分组成的事物整体

🌰例句：

Compose: Ten men compose the committee.

Comprise: Older people comprise a large proportion of those living in poverty.

11 Continual/Continuous

Continual: 形容词，表示多次重复的、频繁的。在英文释义中解释为一次又一次发生，中间可以有间隔

Continuous: 形容词，表示连续不断的、持续的。在英文释义中解释为持续不断没有停止，在时间和空间上是没有中断的

🌰例句：

Continual: They felt continual pressure to perform well.

Continuous: The continuous rain had saturated the soil.

12 Currant /Current 

Currant: 名词，表示葡萄干

Current: 做形容词时表示当前的、流行的；作名词时表示水流、气流、趋势

🌰例句：

Currant: She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a currant bun.

Current: The current situation is very frustrating for us.

13 Dessert/Desert

Dessert: 名词，表示甜点

Desert: 名词，表示沙漠、荒漠

🌰例句:

Dessert: I was tempted by the dessert menu.

Desert: The heat in the desert was extreme.

14 Device/Devise

Device: 名词，表示装备、设备、手段

Devise: 动词，表示设计、发明

🌰例句：

Device: There is a new device for cars that warns drivers of traffic jams ahead.

Devise: Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.

15 Disinterested/Uninterested

Disinterested: 作形容词时表示无私的、公正的；作动词时表示使无兴趣

Uninterested: 形容词，表示不感兴趣的，无利害关系的

🌰例句：

Disinterested: Her advice appeared to be disinterested.

Uninterested: She seemed uninterested in the topic of the conversation.

16 Dilemma/Problem

Dilemma: 名词，表示窘境、困境。通常适用于只有两种解决办法，而且都不尽如人意的情况。

Problem: 作名词时表示问题、困难；做形容词时表示难对付的。通常适用于能有很多种解决方法的情况

🌰例句：

Delimma: Many women are faced with the dilemma of choosing between work and family commitments.

Problem: The problem of street crime is getting worse every year.

17 Evoke /Invoke

Evoke: 动词，表示引起、唤起

Invoke: 动词，表示实施、行使、调用

🌰例句：

Evoke: His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.

Invoke: I have to invoke the stored procedure once.

18 Ensure /Insure 

Ensure: 动词，表示确保、保证。通常指相信某人的某个行为产生的结果

Insure: 动词，表示确保、保证。通常指通过保险在经济上保护自己

🌰例句：

Ensure: We tried to ensure that everyone got a fair deal.

Insure: This will insure that the business can continue to be entrepreneurial into the future.

19 Farther/Further

Farther: 通常指时间和空间上，与实际物理距离相关可测量出的距离。作形容词时，表示更远的、较远的；作副词时表示较远地、更远地。

Further: 通常指程度上。作形容词时，表示更多的、进一步的；作副词时，表示进一步、此外。

🌰例句：

Farther: The store is farther away than I thought.

Further: I need to study further to get a better understanding.

20 Forego/Forgo 

Forego: 作形容词时表示前述的；作动词时表示发生在...之前

Forgo: 动词，表示放弃、停止

🌰例句：

Forego: The foregoing considerations may be concluded in a few words.

Forgo: No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting.

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