stationary and stationery
Another very common mistake is to confuse stationary and stationery. The two have the same pronunciation and their spelling is very similar, but while stationary is an adjective meaning ‘not moving’, stationery is a noun referring to writing materials.
stationary 和stationery也是一组常见的易混词汇。这两个有相同的发音并且拼写很相似。但stationary是形容词,表示“静止的”,stationery则是名词,指“文具、信纸”。
gorilla and guerrilla
Gorillas are not necessarily known for their combative, militant nature, but guerrillas certainly are. Although gorilla can be informally used to describe a person, or more specifically, ‘a heavily built aggressive-looking man’, in a military context, speaking of guerrilla soldiers makes more sense, as it refers to ‘a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting’.
Gorillas(大猩猩)不一定以好斗,激进的本性著称,但guerrillas(游击队)肯定是以好斗,激进的本性著称。尽管gorilla(大猩猩)可以在非正式表达中用来描述一个人,更确切地描述“一个身强力壮的男人”。但在一个军事背景下,用到guerrilla(游击队士兵)则更有意义,guerrilla指的是“游击队员,参与不规则的战斗的小独立团体中的成员”。
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