容易混淆的英文單字
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salary |
[ˋsælərɪ] |
(n) 薪資, 薪水 |
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[英] money that you receive as payment from the organization you work for |
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Prices are getting higher every day, but our salaries remain the same.
物價每天都在漲，但是我們的薪水是原地踏步。 |
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satellite |
[ˋsæt!͵aɪt] |
(n) 衛星 |
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[英] a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc. |
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The network speed will be much faster if satellite technologies are used.
假如運用的衛星科技，網路速度將會更快。 |
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scarcely |
[ˋskɛrslɪ] |
(adv) 幾乎不, 幾乎沒有 |
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[英] almost not or almost none at all; hardly; barely |
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Bill scarcely talks around strangers but he's very talkative around his friends.
Bill跟陌生人在一起很少講話，但跟朋友在一起卻很健談。 |
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seal |
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(n) 印章, 封印紙, 封條, 象徵 (v) 密封; 保證; 確認; 批准 |
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[英] (n) a mark or symbol attached to a legal document and imparting a formal character to it; (v) to fasten or close tightly by |
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sealant (n)
sealable (adj) |
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Don't accept and sign any documents if the container seal is opened.
如果貨櫃的封條被打開了的話，不要接受或簽署任何文件。 |
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seldom |
[ˋsɛldəm] |
(adv) 不常, 很少; 難得 |
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[英] very rarely or almost never |
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He seldom talks to strangers.
他很少和陌生人講話。 |
* sell [ sɛl ]
(v.) 出售
* sale [ sɛl ]
(n.) 銷售、銷售額
* sales [ sɛlz ]
(adj.) 銷售的
I sold my car.
我賣掉了我的車。
(sold是sell的過去式)
This car is for sale.
這部車是要出售的。
Sales were down last week.
銷售上星期下滑了。 (本句sales是sale的複數名詞)
The sales figures dropped 5 percent by average.
銷售數字平均掉了5個百分點。
(本句sales是形容詞)
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shred |
[ʃrɛd] |
(n) 碎片, 碎條; (v) 切成條狀; 切絲; 切成條狀; 切絲 |
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[英] a piece cut or torn off; to cut or tear into small pieces |
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His heart was shred into pieces when he was dumped by his girlfriend.
當他被女友甩了，他的心破碎了。
We shred the carrots and put them on the pizza.
我們將紅蘿蔔切成碎片，把它們放在披薩上。 |
* sit [ sɪt ]
(v.) 坐；動詞變化sat/sat
* set [ sɛt ]
(v.) 放置；動詞變化set/set
* seat [ sit ] (v.) 就座； 座位可容納...人；動詞變化seated/seated
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過去分詞 |
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sit |
sat |
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sitting |
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seat |
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Please sit down.
請坐下。
He attempts to set a Guinness World Record.
他企圖締造一項金式世界紀錄。
Angry protesters set a blaze on a car in front of the embassy.
忿怒的抗議者在大使館前燒了一部車。
The auditorium seats 2000 people.
這個體育館可以容納2000人。
Please be seated.
請(在座位)坐下。
* site [ ˈsaɪt ]
(n.) 地點； (v. tr.) 選地點、設置
* sight [ ˈsaɪt ]
(n.) 視力、景象； (v.) 看見
* cite [ ˈsaɪt ]
(v. tr.) 引用、表揚 、(法律)傳訊
* recite [ re ˈsaɪt ]
(v.) 朗誦、背誦
Our school is considering another building site for a new early childhood development center.
我們學校正在考慮另外一個新大樓地點作為早期兒童時期發展中心。
Turn your back on the eclipse; otherwise, you could be left with permanent damage to your sight.
不要看日蝕，否則你的視力可能會造成永久性的傷害。
He was cited for his outstanding achievements in the military.
他在軍隊中的卓越表現接受表揚。
The police have cited a lot of trucks for running overweight on the road.
警察舉發了許多在路上超載的卡車。
Students should learn to think, not recite.
學生應學習思考而非背誦。
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* sometime [ ˈsʌmˌtaɪm ]
(adv.) 過去或未來的某一時候
* sometimes [ ˈsʌmˌtaɪmz ]
(adv.) 有時候
I will visit you sometime next week.
我下星期會去拜訪你。
Sometimes even the world's most talented athletes don't get it right all the time.
有時後即使是世界上最好的運動員也不會每次都表現的好。
* stationery [ ˈste ʃənˌɛrɪ ]
(n.) 文具、信紙
* stationary [ ˈste ʃənˌɛrɪ ]
(adj.) 靜止的、不動的
I bought some stationery and envelopes.
我買了一些信紙和信封。
The Earth is surrounded by many stationary satellites transmitting signals back to us.
地球是被許多靜止的人造衛星環繞著並傳遞資訊回來。
* stature [ ˈstætʃ ɝ ]
(n.) 身材、(精神道德)的高度境界
* statue [ ˈstætʃ ʊ ]
(n.) 塑像
* statute [ ˈstætʃ ʊt ]
(n.) 法令
"Short stature" is the term used to describe a child who is not as tall as his or her same age peers.
「矮身材」是用來指較他或她同年紀同伴身高為矮的兒童的一個名詞。
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886, it was New York's tallest structure until 1899.
自由女神像於1886年揭幕，直到1899年它一直是紐約最高的建築物。
Not all statutes are created equal.
並非所有的法律都是平等的。
* stomach [ ˈstʌmək ] (n.) 胃、食欲
* abdomen [ ˈæbdəmən ] (n.) 腹部
I have no stomach now.
我現在沒有食欲。
A tumor weighing 40 kilograms was removed from a young man’s abdomen.
一個40公斤重的瘤自一個年青人的腹部切除。
* such...that…
因為如此...所以這樣
* such...as…
和…一致
She is such a lovely girl that everyone loves her.
她是如此的可愛，所以每個人都喜愛她。
I will follow such an order as may be assigned to me.
我會執行分配給我的任務。
* sure [ ʃʊr ]
(adj.) 確定
* surely [ ʃʊrlɪ ]
(adv.) 確定。
I am sure that he will come.
我確定他會來。 (sure是形容詞；是主詞I的補語)
I am surely ready to do it now.
我確定已經準備好去作這件事了。 (surely是副詞；修飾形容詞ready)
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