这个词被错误使用的频率相当高,但大多人都选择词避而不用,因而错用实例不多。它本用来描述正在发生的某事,如,“他正高兴的手舞足蹈”。但是不能被用作强调,如“蒸汽确实从他的耳朵里冒出来。”坦白的说,这个例子形容已故绅士享受“literal homosexual steamroller(“正要扑倒对方的同性恋”)的愚蠢画面。
4、Panacea
第四位:Panacea
“Panacea” means a cure all; it comes from the same Greek root as “panorama”. It shouldn’t be used to imply a cure for a single thing, and yet here is a newspaper saying: “SOUTH AFRICA: Welfare payments – a panacea for poverty?”
“panacea”意指包治百病的灵药,它与希腊语“panorama全景”含有同一词根。它不能用来形容对单一事物的治疗,而有家报纸上却说“南非:社会福利——穷人的 “a panacea”一种灵丹?”
3、Disinterested
第三位:Disinterested
Does “disinterested” mean the same as “uninterested”? No. Here’s an example of misuse: “TomTom Disinterested in Windows Phone 7 Too?”. “Disinterested” means that a party is independent; so a dispute might be settled by a disinterested party. “Uninterested” means the party has no interest. “I asked John if he wanted to go to the cricket, but he was completely uninterested.”
“disinterested”和“uninterested”意思相同吗?不是。这里有一个误用的例子,“汤姆对微软视窗系统“disinterested不公正”吗?” “Disinterested”意指公正;所以纷争可以通过公正的人来解决。而 “uninterested”是指没有兴趣。如,“我问约翰是否想去打板球,但他一点儿也’uninterested不感兴趣’。”
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