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容易混淆的英文單字
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* image [ ˈɪm
ɪdʒ ]
(n.) 形象、影像； (v. tr.) 使成影像
* imagine [ ɪ ˈmædʒɪn ]
(v.) 想像、猜想
His public image needs to be polished.
他的公眾形象需要更新了。
(當作名詞使用)
Monkeys reacted to their mirror images in much different ways.
猴子看到他們在鏡子中的影像反應都大不相同。
(當作名詞使用)
His happiness is imaged in his face.
他的快樂在他的臉上顯現無遺。
(當作動詞使用)
Can you imagine what you are going to look like 50 years from now?
你能想像50年後你會變成什麼樣子?
* incident [ ˈɪnsədnt ]
(n.) 事件
* incidence [ ˈɪnsədns ]
(n.) 發生率、影響範圍、程度、頻率
Dozens of demonstrators were protesting against a bullying incident in which conscripts were brutally abused by their elders in the military.
許多示威者正在抗議面軍隊中新兵被老兵虐待的事件。
Incidence rates of pulmonary tuberculosis are high among new immigrants.
在在新移民中肺結核發生機率高。
* incipient [ ɪn ˈsɪpɪənt ]
(adj.) 剛開始的
* insipid [ ɪn ˈsɪpɪd ]
(adj.) 枯燥無味的
Recent ultrasonic inspection technique was developed for identifying incipient decay in large bridge timbers before significant losses in structural performance.
現代超音波檢查技術已經被發展出來能在木製橋樑結構損害前發現初期的腐蝕。
He has opinions on almost everything but most of them are pretty insipid.
他幾乎對每件事都有意見但大部分都枯燥無味。
* infer [ ɪn ˈfɝ ]
(v.) 從一件事情或言語作出推論
* imply [ ɪn ˈplaɪ ]
(v. tr.) 暗示
We can infer that she still loves her husband because she doesn’t want a divorce.
我們能從她不願離婚來推論她仍然愛她的先生。
With a negative expression, he implied his disapproval to the proposal.
他以一個否定的表情暗示對提案的不贊成。
* inflammable [ ɪn ˈflæməbl ]
= flammable [ ˈflæməbl ]
(adj.) 易燃的
* non-inflammable
= non-flammable
(adj.) 不易燃的
* incredible [ ɪn ˈkrɛdəbl ]
(adj.) 難以置信、不可思議的
* incredulous [ ɪn ˈkrɛdʒələs ]
(adj.) 存疑的
He ran away with incredible speed as if he had seen ghosts.
就好像見到鬼一樣，他以不可思議的速度跑走了。
I find it incredulous after reading some UFO stories.
在讀完幾本不明非飛行物體故事後，我對不明非飛行物體的真實性表示存疑。
* indict [ ɪn ˈdaɪt ]
(v. tr.) 起訴
* indite [ ɪn ˈdaɪt ]
(v. tr.) 撰寫
The prosecutors have decided to indict him on charges of accepting a bribe, fraud, breach of trust and other crimes.
檢察官已經決定對他以接受賄賂、欺騙、背信等罪名起訴。
She indited a love-poem.
她寫了一首情詩。
* ingenuous [ ɪn ˈdʒɛnjʊəs ]
(adj.) 率直的、天真的
* ingenious [ ɪn ˈdʒinjəs ]
(adj.) 聰明的、天才的
Elvis Presley is what music should be - simple, honest and ingenuous.
貓王Elvis Presley詮釋了音樂的真諦 - 簡單、誠實、天真無邪。
The lottery is the most ingenious form of taxation ever devised by the mind of mankind.
彩卷是人類頭腦所能設計出來最聰明的抽稅型式。
* intense [ ɪn ˈtɛns ]
(adj.) 強烈的(感覺)
* intensive [ ɪn ˈtɛnsɪv ]
(adj.) 密集的(活動)
He felt an intense pain in his stomach.
她感到胃裡一陣劇痛。
She selected an intensive course in English.
她選了一堂英語密集加強課程。
* it's
是it is或it has的縮寫
* its
是it的所有格
* instance [ ˈɪnstəns ]
(n.) 事例、事件、情況； (v. tr.) 舉例
(for instance = for example 例如)
* instant [ ˈɪnstənt ]
(adj.) 立刻的、剎那瞬間
In any instance, people won’t give up fighting for their freedom.
在任何情況下，人們都不會放棄爭取他們的自由。
The price of instant-noodles has increased by an average of 85 % due to hikes in the production cost.
由於生產成本上漲，速食麵的價格已經平均上漲了85%。
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* jury [ ˈdʒʊrɪ ]
(n) (集合名詞) 陪審團或陪審團的成員
(集合名詞請參見文法書p.183)
* juror [ ˈdʒʊrɚ]
(n) (可數名詞) 陪審團員
* Jewel [ ˈdʒu
əl ] (n) (可數名詞)珠寶首飾
* Jewelry [ ˈdʒu
əlrɪ]
(n) (總稱名詞)珠寶首飾
The stolen jewels have never been found.
被偷竊的珠寶迄今仍未被找到。
Our company’s jewelry is sold in more than 50 stores nationwide.
我們公司的珠寶在全國有超過50家的商店銷售。
(jewelry是總稱名詞，是不可數名詞，請參見文法書p.171)
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