本次托福英语培训班将为大家总结一些和我们字面上所理解的不一样的单词,这些单词的结构往往都不复杂,但是却是我们托福听力训练当中的绊脚石,快来把这些单词记下来吧。
1.sweet water ≠ 糖水
淡水
Eg:Several days later God had given them sweet water instead of bitter.
过了几天,神又使苦水变成淡水。
2.confidence man ≠信得过的人
骗子
Eg:He is a confidence man.
他是个骗子。
3.criminal lawyer ≠犯罪的律师
刑事律师
Eg:He is famous for being a very shrewd criminal lawyer.
他因是一名精明的刑事律师而闻名。
4.service station ≠服务站
加油站
Eg:A pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks.
在加油站中从地下储油罐中吸取汽油的泵。
5.rest room ≠ 休息室
厕所
Eg:On which floors are there rest room?
哪一层有洗手间的?
6.dressing room ≠试衣室
化妆室
Eg:It's close to showtime now, so you retire into the dressing room.
开演时间快到了,你得进化装间了。
7.sporting house ≠体育室
妓院
Eg:"At Belle watling's sporting house," said rhett, looking abashed.
“在贝尔沃特琳妓院,”瑞德边说,脸上边显出难为情的样子。
8.horse sense ≠马的感觉
常识
Eg:Horse sense tells me that it would be suicide to do such a thing.
常识告诉我,那样做等于自杀。
9.capital idea ≠资本主义思想
好主意
Eg:He thought it a capital idea.
他认为这个主意绝妙。
10.black tea ≠黑茶
红茶
Eg:My wife just gave me two cups of black tea to drink.
我夫人只是给我喝了两杯红茶。
以上就是本次英语在线学习班给大家总结的易混淆的单词大总结,看完之后是不是瞬间明白了很多句子的意思?