VOA十大最易混淆词汇.doc

Top 10 Commonly Confused Words, Vol. 2 1: Flush [fl??] Out（冲掉，排出；驱赶出来/Flesh [fle?] Out（充实，具体化Question: To provide more details, should you flush out or flesh out your plan? Answer: flesh out How to remember it: Think of fleshing out a skeleton[skelit?n] . To flesh out something is to give it substance[s?bst?ns] , or to make it fuller or more nearly complete. To flush out something is to cause it to leave a hiding place, e.g., The birds were flushed out of the tree. It can also be used figuratively [figjur?tivli] adv. 比喻地；象征性地, as in flush out the truth.2: Compliment [k?mplim?nt] n. 恭维；称赞；/Complement [k?mplim?nt] n. [文法]补语；[数]余角；补足物vt. 补足，补助 Question: Do your shoes compliment or complement your outfit? outfit [autfit] n. 机构；用具；全套装备vi. 得到装备vt. 配备；供应 Answer: complement How to remember it: If one thing complements (with an e) another, it completes that thing (e.g., the shoes complete your outfit, or make it perfect). Complement comes from the Latin word for complete. If you compliment something, you express admiration for it. And when something is given free as a courtesy [k?:tisi] n. 礼貌；好意；恩惠adj. 殷勤的；被承认的；出于礼节的or favor, its complimentary. [,k?mpliment?ri] adj. 赠送的；称赞的；问候的 3: Proceed [pr?usi:d] vi. 开始；继续进行；发生；行进/Precede [pri:si:d, pri-] vt. 领先，在…之前；优于，高于vi. 领先，在前面 Question: Do the appetizers [?pitaiz?] n. 开胃物，开胃食品precede or proceed the main course主菜? Answer: precede How to remember it: Consider the prefix, [,pri:fiks, pri:fiks] n. 前缀vt. 加前缀；将某事物加在前面 pre–. It means earlier than, or before – as we can see in a phrase like preexisting condition, or in the word prefix itself. To precede is to go or come before, or to be earlier than. The root of proceed means to go forward, a meaning we can see in a sentence like Lets now proceed with the meal. 4Accept/Except Question: He does nothing accept or except complain? Answer: except How to remember it: Keep in mind the link [li?k] （联系）between except and exception. In an example like the one above, except introduces the only thi