必知！20 组易混淆英语词组解析，告别英语学习误区

1

clothes, cloth, clothing

clothes 指各种衣服；cloth 指布；clothing 是服装总称

clothes 作主语时谓语用复数；a piece of clothing；a lot of cloth

2

amount, number

amount 接不可数名词；number 接可数名词

an amount of money；a number of books

3

sound, voice, noise

sound 指自然界声音；voice 指人的嗓音；noise 指噪音

I heard a strange sound.；She has a beautiful voice.；Don't make so much noise.

4

cause, reason

cause 是造成事实或现象的直接原因；reason 是解释现象或结果的理由

the cause of the accident；the reason for his success

5

exercise, exercises, practice

exercise 指运动锻炼；exercises 指练习；practice 指反复做的练习

I do exercise every day.；Do the exercises after class.；Practice makes perfect.

6

officer, official

officer 指部队军官；official 指政府官员

an army officer；a government official

7

work, job

work 不可数；job 可数

I have a lot of work to do.；He got a good job.

8

cook, cooker

cook 指厨师；cooker 指厨具

My mother is a good cook.；We need a new cooker.

9

problem, question

problem 常与困难相关；question 常与疑问相关

We need to solve this problem.；I have a question to ask you.

10

a number of, the number of

a number of 表示 “许多”，谓语用复数；the number of 表示 “…… 的数目”，谓语用单数

A number of students like sports.；The number of students in our class is 40.

11

chick, chicken

二者都可指小鸡，chicken 还可指鸡肉

The chick is very cute.；The chicken tastes good.

12

trip, journey, travel, voyage

travel 常用；trip 指短期旅途；journey 指稍长旅途；voyage 指海上航行

We went on a trip to the mountains.；It's a long journey.；He likes travel.；They went on a voyage across the ocean.

13

in front of, in the front of

in front of 指范围外的前面；in the front of 指范围内的前面

There is a tree in front of the house.；The teacher stands in the front of the classroom.

14

three of us, the three of us

three of us 指我们（不止三个）中的三个；the three of us 指我们三个（就三个人）

Three of us are from China.；The three of us went to the park together.

15

by bus, on the bus

by bus 表手段方式，无冠词；on the bus 表范围

They go to school by bus.；There are many people on the bus.

16

for a moment, for the moment

for a moment 指片刻、一会儿；for the moment 指暂时、一时

Wait for a moment.；For the moment, we can't solve this problem.

17

in a word, in words

in a word 表示总之；in words 指口头上

In a word, we should study hard.；He expressed his feelings in words.

18

in place of, in the place of

in place of 指代替；in the place of 指在…… 地方

I'll go in place of him.；A new factory is built in the place of the old one.

19

go to sea, by sea, by the sea

go to sea 指当海员、出航；by sea 指乘船、由海路；by the sea 指在海边

He wants to go to sea.；We went there by sea.；We walked by the sea.

20

the doctor and teacher, the doctor and the teacher

the doctor and teacher 指一个人，既是医生又是老师；the doctor and the teacher 指两个人，一个医生和一个老师

The doctor and teacher is kind.；The doctor and the teacher are talking.