常混淆的英语单词
以下是英语学习者容易混淆的一些最常见的单词对：
beside | besides
beside: 介词，表示“ рядом с” (紧邻)。
例句：
I sit beside John in class.
Could you get me that book? It's beside the lamp.
besides: 当副词表示“也”，作介词表示“除了”。
例句：
(副词) He's responsible for sales, and a lot more besides.
(介词) Besides tennis, I play soccer and basketball.
clothes | cloths
clothes: 用于穿戴的衣物。
例句：
Just a moment, let me change my clothes.
Tommy, get your clothes on!
cloths: 用来清洁或其他用途的布料。
例句：
There are some cloths in the closet. Use those to clean the kitchen.
I have a few pieces of cloth that I use.
dead | died
dead: 形容词，表示“不再活着”。
例句：
Unfortunately, our dog has been dead for a few months.
Don't touch that bird. It's dead.
died: 动词die的过去式和过去分词。
例句：
His grandfather died two years ago.
A number of people have died in the accident.
experience | experiment
experience: 名词，指某人亲身经历的事情或做的事情。还用作不可数名词，表示“通过做某事获得的知识”。
例句：
(第一种含义) His experiences in Germany were rather depressing.
(第二种含义) I'm afraid I don't have much sales experience.
experiment: 名词，指为了观察结果而进行的活动。通常用于讨论科学家及其研究。
例句：
They did a number of experiments last week.
Don't worry it's just an experiment. I'm not going to keep my beard.
felt | fell
felt: 动词feel的过去式和过去分词。
例句：
I felt better after I had a good dinner.
He hasn't felt this well for a long time.
fell: 动词fall的过去式。
例句：
He fell from a tree and broke his leg.
Unfortunately, I fell down and hurt myself.
female | feminine
female：女人的或动物的性别。
例句：
The female of the species is very aggressive.
The question 'female or male' means 'are you a woman or a man'.
feminine: 形容词，描述了女性特有的品质或行为方式。
例句：
He's an excellent boss with a feminine intuition.
The house was decorated in a very feminine manner.
its | it's
its: 代词it的所有格，表示“它的”。
例句：
Its color is red.
The dog didn't eat all of its food.
it's: it is或it has的缩写。
例句：
(it is) It's difficult to understand him.
(it has) It's been a long time since I had a beer.
last | latest
last: 形容词，表示“最后”。
例句：
I took the last train to Memphis.
This is the last test of the semester!
latest: 形容词，表示“最近的、最新的”。
例句：
His latest book is excellent.
Have you seen his latest painting?
lay | lie
lay: 动词“放下”，过去式- laid，过去分词- laid。
例句：
He laid his pencil down and listened to the teacher.
I usually lay my pies on the shelf to cool.
lie: 动词，表示“躺下”，过去式 -lay (注意！)，过去分词 - lain。
例句：
The girl lay on the bed asleep.
At the moment, he's lying on the bed.
lose | loose
lose: 动词，表示“丢失、错放”。
例句：
I lost my watch!
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
loose: 形容词，“tight”的反义词，表示“松”。
例句：
Your trousers are very loose!
I need to tighten this screw. It's loose.
male | masculine
male: 男人或动物的性别。
例句：
The male of the species is very lazy.
The question 'female or male' means 'are you a woman or a man'. 同音异义词对
masculine / feminine
masculine: 形容词，描述男性典型的品质或行为类型
feminine: 形容词，描述女性典型的品质或行为类型
price / prize
price: 名词 - 支付某物的代价
prize: 名词 - 奖品
principal / principle
principal: 形容词，含义是“最重要的”
principle: 名词 - 一种规则 (尤其是科学原理，或者是道德准则)
quite / quiet
quite: 程度副词，类似 'very' 或'rather'
quiet: 形容词，含义是loud 或noisy的反义，“安静”
sensible / sensitive
sensible: 形容词，意为“有常识的”。“不傻”
sensitive: 形容词，意为“感觉非常深刻”或“容易受伤”
shade / shadow
shade: 免受阳光的暴晒，晴天外面的黑暗区域。
shadow: 阳光明媚的日子里，其他东西创造的黑暗区域。
some time / sometimes
some time: 指未来的一段不确定的时间
sometimes: 副词含义是'occasionally'（有时）