英語(yǔ)中也有近義詞和同義詞。雖然用法相似，但還是有細(xì)微的區(qū)別的，并不完全相同。正是這些“差之毫厘”的地方，如果在使用的時(shí)候不留心，就會(huì)“失之千里”。下面就簡(jiǎn)單介紹幾組經(jīng)常在商務(wù)英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作中造成混淆的詞匯。

　　1.affect vs effect

　　兩個(gè)“影響”辨析

　　Affect and effect are two words that are commonly confused. Affect is usually a verb (action); effect is usually a noun (thing).

　　Affect和effect這兩個(gè)詞語(yǔ)經(jīng)常被混淆。Affect通常用作動(dòng)詞，表示某種行為，而effect常用作名詞，表示某事。

　　Hint: If it's something you're going to do, use "affect." If it's something you've already done, use "effect."

　　提示：如果某事是你正打算要去做的，那么用affect;如果某事是你已經(jīng)做完了的，那么就用effect。

　　To affect something or someone.

　　“影響”某事或某人

　　Example 1: The noise outside affected my performance.

　　例1：外面的噪音影響了我的發(fā)揮。

　　Example 2: Staying away so long from office will affect promotion.

　　例2：長(zhǎng)期離職會(huì)影響晉級(jí)。

　　The use of "effect" as a verb is what causes the most confusion between these two words.

　　effect用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，最容易和affect造成混淆。

　　To have an effect on something or someone.

　　對(duì)某事或某人有“影響”

　　Note: effect is followed by the preposition on and preceded by an article (an, the)

　　注意：effect前面一般要有冠詞a/the，effect后面通常要加介詞on。

　　Example 1: His smile had a strange effect on me.

　　例1：他的笑容對(duì)我有一種奇怪的影響。

　　Example 2: Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior.

　　例2：家長(zhǎng)們擔(dān)心音樂(lè)對(duì)于其青少年子女行為的影響。

　　2.some time / sometime vs sometimes

　　一段時(shí)間、某時(shí)和有時(shí)的辨析

　　Some time means a period of time.

　　Some time表示一段時(shí)間。

　　Example 1: The government still has sufficient instruments and still some time to move on this question.

　　例1：政府仍然有足夠的工具和時(shí)間來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

　　Example 2: I think Jenny and I need some time right now anyway.

　　例2：反正我和珍妮需要一點(diǎn)時(shí)間。

　　Sometime indicates a time in the future or the past which is not known or not stated.

　　Sometime表示未來(lái)或者過(guò)去的某個(gè)時(shí)間，而這個(gè)時(shí)間目前還未知或者沒(méi)有表述清楚。

　　Example 1: They hoped to meet up sometime.

　　例1：他們希望能找個(gè)時(shí)間見(jiàn)個(gè)面。

　　Example 2: The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month.

　　例2：銷(xiāo)售數(shù)據(jù)要到下個(gè)月的某個(gè)時(shí)候才會(huì)公布。

　　Sometimes means on some occasions but not always or often.

　　Sometimes指的是有時(shí)，但并不經(jīng)常，表示頻率。

　　Example 1: During the summer, my skin sometimes gets greasy.

　　例1：夏天我的皮膚有時(shí)會(huì)變得愛(ài)出油。

　　Example 2: I differed with my partner sometimes,but we usually agree.

　　例2：我有時(shí)與我的伙伴爭(zhēng)論，但我們通常是一致的。

　　3.e.g vs i.e“

　　例如”和“也就是”的辨析

　　e.g. stands for exempli gratia = for example.

　　e.g.是拉丁語(yǔ)exempli gratia的簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)，表示“例如”，用于舉例說(shuō)明。

　　Example: "I like fast cars, e.g. Ferrari and Porche".

　　例句：我喜歡跑車(chē)，比如法拉利和保時(shí)捷。

　　In the sentence above you are simply giving an example of the kinds of cars you like - Ferraris and Porches.

　　在上述例句中，e.g.后要加你喜歡的車(chē)子的類(lèi)型，即法拉利和保時(shí)捷。

　　i.e. stands for id est = that is (in explanation).

　　i.e.是拉丁語(yǔ)id est的簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)，表示“也就是、即”的意思，用于解釋說(shuō)明。

　　Example: "I like fast cars, i.e. any car that can go over 150mph."

　　例句：我喜歡跑車(chē)，也就是時(shí)速超過(guò)150英里的車(chē)子。

　　In this second sentence you are giving an explanation of what you consider to be fast.

　　在第二句例句中，i.e.后是對(duì)跑車(chē)的說(shuō)明，即你認(rèn)為的跑車(chē)是多快的車(chē)子。

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