| 词组 | confusion |
| 释义 | confusion Almost all handbooks have warnings about various pairs of words that are "often confused." Many of these pairs are homophones, such as hail and hale, that are substituted for each other because they sound alike. Many others are pairs that don't necessarily sound alike but are close in spelling, such as confidant and confident, so that one may be written inadvertently in place of the other. Many of these pairs receive separate treatment in this book. In addition we sometimes encounter substitutions of one word for another that shares perhaps some elements of pronunciation with it. These are not easily explained; they are not commonplace occurrences—if they were they would perhaps be worth individual treatment. Some of them no doubt result from garbled or inattentive transcription of tape recordings. They are not strictly malapropisms, which are usually the result of reaching for an unfamiliar word in speech (or sometimes in writing). The names of the perpetrators of these examples, when known, have been suppressed. See also malapropism. • ... but "after 'Canadian Sunset' all the guys went into their record binge and got out my old material and it kept us living." —N. Y. Times, 4 July 1980 • ... but neither did they try to spur me on. They simply clapped gentilely —World Tennis, December 1969 • ... consisting of plutonium oxide and geranium oxide —Predicasts Technology Update, 6 Oct. 1984 • ... do not look backwards, but forage blindly and bravely ahead — Vogue, August 1983 • Whenever McCredie would hit an apparent winner, Cashman would answer with a point-ending repartee —Hartford (Conn.) Courant, 7 June 1982 • So enhanced was I with the Chinese repousse that I devoted a good deal of time to developing a special fiber for working it —Springfield (Mass.) Daily News, 1 Dec. 1975 • It is also strongly suggested that you require ... an FeLV-negative test, and, if plausible, an FIP test — Cats Mag., February 1980 • ... a salade de chasse: slices of hot chicken and ruffled grouse —Town & Country, April 1984 |
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