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electric/electrical

① electric:电的,用电的,带电的,指任何电动的或发电的装置,被修饰的物体本身可带电。

* electric light 电灯

please connect the two electric wires. 请将这两根电线接起来。

② electrical:电的,与电有关的,电气科学的,指与电有关的事物,被修饰的词本身不能带电。

* electrical engineer 电气工程师

All the electrical work was done by my younger brother.所有的电工活都由弟弟来干。

confidant/confident

① confidant:知己,心腹之交

He is my confidant.他是我的心腹之交。

② confident:相信的,自信的

I am confident of success.=I am confident that I shall succeed.我相信我会成功

lie/lay

(1) lie:说谎;躺,位于。

①——作“说谎”的意思

过去式,过去分词,现在分词分别是:lied, lied, lying

②——作“躺,位于”的意思

过去式,过去分词,现在分词分别是:lay, lain, lying

He lay under a tree to sleep. 他躺在树下休息。

(2) lay:放,搁;下蛋。过去式,过去分词,现在分词分别是:laid, laid, laying

The dog laid its ears back. 小狗把耳朵耷拉下来。

intense/intensive

① intense:high in degree 强烈的,剧烈的,高度的

have intense interest in sth. 对某事有浓厚兴趣

② intensive:deep and thorough 精深的,集中的

intensive training 强化训练

affect/effect

① affect (v.):影响

Smoking affects health.抽烟影响健康。

② effect (n.):效果,影响

Government policy will not have any effect on us.政府的政策不会对我们有任何影响。

complement/compliment

① complement:补足(物),补全,补足语

The team needs players who complement each other.球队需要能够相互取长补短的队员。

② compliment:致候,恭维,赞辞

Please give my compliments to your parents.请代我向你的父母问好。

conserve/preserve

① conserve (v.):保存,保藏,保护(强调节约)。

In winter, some people conserve energy by lowing the heat at night.冬天,为节约能源有些人在夜里把暖气调小。

② preserve (v.):保护;维持;保养;防止(食物)腐败(强调使不受破坏)。

The government preserves the rights of the individual person.政府保护个人的权利不受侵犯。

sensitive/sensible

① sensitive:敏感的、感觉的、易受影响的,tive一般表特性。

a sensitive topic 敏感话题

② sensible:明智的、合乎情理的、通情达理的、意识到的、能感觉到的,able一般表能力。

a sensible young woman 明智的姑娘

sensible of his fault 意识到他的错误

accident/incident

①accident:突发性的,一般为不幸事件,即“事故”。

traffic accident 交通事故

②incident:小的变数、插曲,小事件,没accident那么严重。

an international incident 一次国际事件

stuff/staff

① stuff:东西、材料、素材

Put that stuff over there. 把材料放在那儿。

② staff:职员

the nursing staff of a hospital 医院的护士们

principal / principle

① principal (adj.):the most important,最重要的

The principal reason for my decision was the money.我做决定时最看重的就是钱

② principle: a rule 定律、原则(通常用在科学领域)

It's the first principle of aerodynamics.这是热力学第一定律。

resist/persist

① resist:抵制,对抗

Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。

② persist:坚持,存留

On the tops of very high mountains snow persists throughout the year.高山顶上, 积雪终年不化。

continuous/continual

① continuous:持续不断的(可以做表语和定语)

continuous pain持续的疼痛(疼痛一直有)

② continual:不停的(中间有间隔的重复,只能做定语)

continual improvements in technology技术上的不断进步(进步是间隔性的)

raise/rise

① raise (vt.):举起,升起,增加,饲养

He raised his voice.他提高了嗓音。

② rise (vi.):升起,上升,起床

The sun rises in the east.太阳从东方升起。

considerable/considerate

① considerable:great much 相当多(大)的

a considerable income一笔可观的收入

② considerate:thoughtful 体谅的,体贴的,周到的

It was very considerate of you to send me a birthday card.你给我寄来生日卡真是太体贴了。

ensure/insure

① insure:保险,给...投保

After signing a contract with a professional baseball team,Jack decided to insure his pitching arm for $1 million.和职业棒球队签约后,杰克决定为他投球的手臂投保100万美元。

② ensure:确保

Please ensure (that) all lights are switched off.请确保将所有灯都关掉。

③ 当表示"保证"的意思,两者通用,英国人爱用ensure,美国人爱用insure。

our precautions ensured/insured our safety预防措施保证了我们的安全。

economic/economical

① economic主要与“财政”有关。

The boy left school for economic reasons.这男孩因经济原因而缀学。

② economical 主要与“节约”有关。

To rent a house is more economical than to buy one.租房比买房更经济。

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