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有些英文單字的中意思都差不多,但是在不同的情境中就是要用某個單字才精確,所以單字的深層意義就很重要了。以下的 10 組名詞單字,大家是否曾經想過他們的不同呢?

 

 

1.  End & Finish

 

End:  (故事、電影等的)結局,(一段時間的)盡頭;最後部分

例句:I need your answer by the end of the day.

Finish:  結束;(比賽等的)最後階段

例句:I was watching the race but I didn't get to see the finish.

 

2.  Date & Day

 

Date: 日期

例句:What's today's date? 

Day:  一天,星期幾

例句:They stayed home all day today. 

 

EBS 小提醒:

如果有人問 What's today's date? 要回答明確的月、日。

但是若有人問  What day is it today ? 就要回答星期幾喔!

 

3.  Fate & Fortune

 

Fate : 命運;宿命 ( 上天已經安排好,人力無法改變的 )

例句:Do you believe our lives are controlled by fate?

Fortune : 命運 ; 運勢 ( 某人未來可能會發生的事情 )

例句:He always blamed his bad fortune on others.

 

 

4.  Character & Personality

 

Character : 品格;性格(多為後天養成的)

例句:He has a changeable character.  

Personality :  人格,個性 (多為天生的)

例句:She has a down-to-earth personality. 

 

5.  Break & Rest

 

Break : 暫停;休息 ( 活動中斷或暫停)

例句:There is a ten - minute break between the classes.  

Rest :  休息;休養 (藉由完全不做事,或睡覺等方式)

例句: Let ' s take a rest .

 

 

6.  Appointment & Date

 

Appointment  (與專業人士的) 約會,(會面的)約定

例句:I have a dental appointment this afternoon.

Date  (情侶間的)約會

例句:I have a date with Mary tonight.

 

7. Bathroom & Restroom

 

Bathroom (常指家用的)浴室、衛浴設備

例句:This house has two bathrooms.

Restroom  公廁、化妝室

例句:Public restrooms are not always clean.

 

8. Chat & Conversation

 

Chat : 閒談;閒聊

例句:Why don't you give me a call and we'll have a chat?

Conversation : 交談;會話(兩人以上彼此討論問題,交換想法訊息等)

例句:Our conversation lasted for over an hour.

 

小提醒:

中文習慣把 [ 聊天 ] 當動詞使用,但是英文常把 [ 聊天 ] 當名詞使用。

 

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9.  Problem & Question

 

Problem: ( 需要有明確解決方式的 ) 問題

例句:She was older than me, but that wasn't a problem.

Question : ( 單純對事物有疑問而提出的) 問題

例句:They asked me quite a lot of difficult questions about my job.

 

小提醒:

 

解決問題是 solve the problem ,回答問題是  answer the question 。

如果你上台報告完,要問聽眾有沒有問題,就必須說 [ Does anyone have any questions? ],如果是使用中文翻譯去思考這個句子,很可能會說出 [ Does anyone have any problems? ] 而鬧出笑話了!

 

 

10.   Article & Composition

 

Article : ( 泛指非小說類的) 文章

例句:There was an interesting article in the newspaper.

Composition: ( 學校作業的) 短篇寫作練習,作文

例句:There are many spelling mistakes in your compositions .

 

 

看完了以上10組單字,大家是否有比較清楚他們的不同呢?若是還是覺得有混淆的感覺,建議大家可以查閱英英字典,並多讀字典中所舉的例句。有時我為了清楚了解一個單字的用法,會去翻閱二、三本的不同的英文字典呢! 只要多閱讀,漸漸地就可以培養出更精確的英語語感喔。

 

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