nce和adhesion

這兩個詞都是“粘附的”意思。
adherence 用于比喻的意思。例如:His adherence to the strict letter of the law.
adhesion 是指物質(zhì)上的。

2. adjacent,adjoining和contiguous

這些詞都有next to“緊挨”的意思。
adjacent“毗鄰的,鄰近的”,但它們可能并不相互直接接觸。
adjoining和contiguous相互接觸,通常之間有一個edge或boundary。

ion和admittance

它們都有“the act of entering”的意思。
但admission用于公共場合。The price of admission to the gallery is £5.
admittance不指公共場合,一般指私人的住所。

4. adopted和adoptive

adopted“收養(yǎng)的,過繼的” an adopted son (daughter)養(yǎng)子(女);my adopted country我所入籍的國家; adopted words外來語。
adoptive“收養(yǎng)的”,我們說
adoptive parents,但很少說adoptive child;“采用的”,“假冒的”an adoptive courage 假充勇敢。

e和averse

adverse“不利的,反對的”,用于事,不用于人。adverse weather conditions; an adverse reaction.
averse“嫌惡的,反對的,不樂意的”,常和“to”一起使用,而且用否定形式。

和advice

advise“勸告”(動詞);
advice“勸告”(名詞)。

和effect

affect v.“影響”,它的第二個意思是“假裝”
Though she affectes indifference, I knew she was really very upset.
effect n.“結(jié)果”,“效力”。 “產(chǎn)生”,“導(dǎo)致”,它比“to cause, to bring out”更為正式。
His aim was to effect a radical change in the party structure.

ready和already

all ready意思是“completely prepared”
already“已經(jīng)”。He had already had his lunch.

ther和all together

altogether (in total)“總共”
all together意思是“in a group”。如:We put the sheep all together in one field.這兩個詞還可以分開。We put all the sheep together in one field.

10. allude和elude

allude“暗指”,“暗示”,“(婉轉(zhuǎn))提到”。
elude (to avoid or escape)“閃避,躲避”。
如:to elude sib’s grasp逃脫,沒有被逮??;to elude the law規(guī)避法律。The meaning eludes me.那個意義我摸不透。
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