词汇歧义[整理]

词汇歧义 （1）They can fish.当解释成他们会钓鱼时“can”是情态动

词,“fish”是不及物动词,此句说的是一种能力。

当解释成他们做鱼罐头时，我们把“can”看成是及物动词,“fish”

是名词。由于“can”和“fish”都有两个词性，

而且在这个句子中都能讲得通，因此产生了两种不同的解释。 （2）

You will forget tomorrow.当解释成明天你就会把一切都忘记时，

“tomorrow”是副词，当解释成你会忘记明天发生的一切时，

“tomorrow”是名词。

air n. 交易会 a. 公平合理的 fare n. 车船费 vi. 进展;过活 He

brought the piglets to the fair to sell.他把小猪赶到集市上卖.

Everybody must be given a fair share of the harvest.每个人得

到的粮食数量应该是均等的. How much is the air fare to Tianjin?

到天津的飞机票要多少钱? How did you fare in New York? 你在纽

约过得怎么样? 2. principle n. 原理;原则 principal a. 主要的

Mr. Connors believes that truthfulness is the best principle.

克诺斯先生认为真理才是最好的原则. The scientist was the

principal speaker at the meeting. 那位科学家是会议上的首要发

言者. 3. coarse a. 粗糙的;粗鲁的;粗俗的 course n. 路线;课程

His coarse manners deserve to be criticized.他粗鲁的行为应该

受到责备. Highway across the country is in course of

construction. 横贯该国的一条公路正在建设之中. The president

encouraged the students to take more courses. 校长鼓励学生们

多修几门课程. 4. complement n. 补充物;使完备之物 compliment n.

恭维;问候 Lively conversation is a complement to a party. 欢

快的谈话有助于聚会的气氛. Give my compliments to your mother.

请代我向你妈妈问好. Thank you for your compliments. 谢谢您的

夸奖. 5. council n. 委员会;理事会 counsel n. 商议;劝告v. 建议;劝告 The U.N. Security council consists of five countries.

联合国安理会由五个国家组成. My father gave me a wise counsel

and I followed it.父亲给我的忠告很明智,所以我听取了他的忠告.

His brother counseled him to think carefully before making a

decision. 他哥哥建议他做决定之前仔细考虑. 6. stationary a.

固定的;静止的 stationery n. 文具 The weatherman said that the

warm front would be stationary for several days. 气象预报员

说,暖锋将停滞数天不移动. Lucy wrote to her mother on the

company's stationery. 露西用公司的信笺信封给妈妈写信. 7.

peace n. 和平;安宁 piece n. 块;片;篇章;条 Peace was restored

after a week of disturbance. 经过一周的骚乱又恢复了平静. Duke

ate a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. 杜克用甜食时吃了

一块巧克力. 8. desert v. 丢开;遗弃;开小差 dessert n. 餐后甜

点 After deserting his post the soldier ran away from the camp.

那个战士从帐篷弃职而逃. We had apple pie for dessert last night.

我们昨晚吃的甜食是苹果. 9. weather n. 天气;气象; whether conj.

是否;不管 Our flight was delayed because of unfavorable

weather. 因天气问题,我们的航班晚点了. We do not know whether

we will go away for our vacation or stay home. 是出外度假还

是呆在家里我们一时拿不定主意. 10. lightning n. 闪电

lightening n. 轻松;减轻;发亮 The tall tree on the bank was

struck by lightning. 岸边的高树遭了雷劈. Mr. Blare was invited

to be in charge of lightening of stage. 布莱尔先生被邀负责舞

台的灯光设计. My heart began lightening when hearing the good

news. 听到这个好消息我的心情开始轻松了

A heteronym is a "word having a different sounding and meaning

but the same spelling." (minute - unit of time; minute - very

small) 1. address My address is Easy Street. She will address

the crowd. 2. bow She wears a bow in her hair. Bow to the audience

at the end. 3. close Please close the door. She sat close to him. 4. content The content of the talk is simple. I am content

to just stay home. 5. convert She is a convert to exercise. She

will convert the machine. 6. digest You will digest your food

in time. I never read Reader's Digest. 7. dove She dove into

the water. The dove makes a cooing sound. 8. invalid She was

an invalid in the hospital. Your license is invalid. 9. lead

He will lead the parade. The metal lead is very heavy. 10. live

Where do you live? It was a live snake. 11. minute I'll be with

you in just a minute. The insect had minute legs. 12. object

It was a valuable object. We would object if she went. 13.

present We got a nice present from her. She will present the

awards to all. 14. project Is your science project done? Project

the movie on the screen. 15. read She likes to read books. She

read a story to the boy. 16. record Let's record that movie.

She bought a record album. 17. row The kids were all sitting

in a row. They had a row over the noise. 18. sow We shall sow

the wheat today. The old sow was in the pigpen. 19. subject The

subject of my talk is autos. They will subject them to torture.

20. tear Don't shed a tear for her loss. Don't tear the

photograph. 21. wind The wind blew strong last night. Wind the

string on a stick. 22. wound He received a bullet wound. He wound

up the rope. [/face][/size]

tear [tie] 眼泪 tear [tie] 撕裂 sow [seu] 播种 sow

[sau] 母猪 minute [minit] 分钟 minute [mai nju:t] 微

小的 还有：abstract, accent, affix, attribute, augment,

compound, com-press, concert, conduct, confine, conflict,

conscript, consort, construct, contest, contract, contrast,

converse, convert, convict, de-crease, detail, digest, discard,

discount, discourse, escort, export, extract, ferment,

forecast, import, impress, incline, increase, insult, object,