在考托福的時候有些單詞是比較容易混淆的,下面是小編為大家整理收集的15組超級易混淆的托福考試單詞,僅供大家參考。
1. affect vs. effect
affect: 動詞,改變to change or make a difference to
effect: 名詞,影響a result; to bring about a result
2. aloud vs. allowed
aloud: 副詞,用作狀語out loud
* 形容人聲很吵鬧的時候,不用aloud,而用loudly: He speaks loudly.
allowed: 動詞過去分詞,可以用作定語permitted
3. appraise vs. apprise
appraise: 評估to assess/ evaluate
apprise: 通知,告知to inform someone
*appreciate 欣賞不要以為拼錯了就可以輕易地一走了之~
4. aural vs. oral
aural: 聽覺的relating to the ears or hearing
oral: 口頭的relating to the mouth; spoken
5. bare vs. bear
bare: 裸露的naked; to uncover
bear: 承受,忍受to carry; to put up with發(fā)音真的完全一樣!
6. complement vs. compliment
complement: 補(bǔ)充,使完美to add to so as to improve; an addition that improves something
compliment: 贊美to praise or express approval; an admiring remark一字之差!
7. currant vs. current
currant: 葡萄干!a dried grape
current: 現(xiàn)行的,水流/氣流/電流happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity
8. desert vs. dessert
desert: 荒漠,不毛之地a waterless, empty area; to abandon someone
dessert: 甜品the sweet course of a meal寫這個的時候,你是不是餓啦~
9. disinterested vs. uninterested
disinterested: 客觀的,公正的impartial
uninterested: 不感興趣的not interested
我就問你,中槍沒?!
10. ensure vs. insure
ensure: 確保to make certain that something will happen
insure: 投保to provide compensation if a person dies or property is damaged
11. forbear vs. forebear
forbear: 克制to refrain
forebear: 祖先an ancestor
記憶Tips
1) for bear = 為了忍受(抖M在克制!)
2) fore是“前面的”,比如forehead不就是前額嘛~bear是“生”,不然你以為born的動詞原形怎么拼?所以forebear = 我們其面生的,那不就是祖先嘛!
12. loose vs. lose
loose: 松開,釋放to unfasten; to set free
lose: 失去,丟失to be deprived of; to be unable to find
記憶Tips(我覺得我這個方法簡直絕了!)
loose把一個o給弄丟了,于是變成了lose
13. pour vs. pore
pour: 傾倒to flow or cause to flow
pore: 孔,鉆研a tiny opening; to study something closely
14. principal vs. principle
principal: 最重要的,校長most important; the head of a school
principle: 原則a fundamental rule or belief
15. storey vs. story
storey: 臺階a level of a building
story: 故事a tale or account