34組形近詞組

1.a

number

of，the

number

ofanumberof許多，謂語動詞用復數；thenumberof…的數目，謂語動詞用單數。Thenumberofstudentsisincreasing.學生的數量在增長。2.

in

front

of，in

the

front

of

infrontof范圍外的前面；inthefrontof范圍內的前面。

In

the

front

of

the

room

sits

a

boy.在這個房間前面坐著一個男孩。

3.

three

of

us，the

three

of

usthreeofus我們（不止三個）中的三個；thethreeofus我們三個（就三個人）。The

three

of

us——Tom,

Jack

and

I

went

to

the

cinema

yesterday.我們三個——湯姆、杰克和我昨天去看電影了。

4.

by

bus,

on

the

bus

bybus乘公交車，表手段，方式，不用冠詞；onthebus在公交車上，表范圍。

They

went

there

by

buslastyear.去年，它們乘公交車去的那里。5.

for

a

moment,

for

the

moment

foramoment片刻，一會兒；forthemoment暫時，一時。Thinking

for

a

moment,

he

agreed.

想了一會兒，他同意了。

6.

next

year,

the

next

yearnextyear明年，將來時間狀語；thenextyear第二年，過去將來時間狀語。

He

said

he

would

go

abroad

the

next

year.他說他第二年會出國。7.

take

advice,

take

the(one's)

advice

takeadvice征求建議；taketheadvice接受建議。He

refused

to

take

the

advice

and

failed

again.他拒絕接受建議，再一次失敗了。8.inaword；inwords

inaword總之，一句話；inwords口頭上。In

a

word,

you

are

right.總之，你是對的。

9.

in

place

of,

in

the

place

of

inplaceof代替；intheplaceof在…...地方。A

new

building

isbeingbuilt

in

the

place

of

the

old

one.一座新的建筑物在原來舊的建筑物所在地正在被建。

10.

in

secret,

in

the

secret

insecret秘密地，暗自地，偷偷地，一般用作狀語；inthesecret知道內情，知道秘密，一般用作表語。My

mother

was

in

the

secret

from

the

beginning.我媽媽從一開始就知道內情。11.

go

to

sea,

by

sea,

by

the

sea

gotosea當海員，出航；bysea乘船，由海路；bythesea在海邊。

12.

the

doctor

and

teacher,

the

doctor

and

the

teacher

thedoctorandteacher指一個人，既是醫生又是老師；thedoctorandtheteacher兩個人，一個醫生和一個老師。

13.

in

charge

of,

in

the

charge

of

inchargeof負責，掌管；inthechargeof被負責，被掌管。

He

is

in

charge

of

the

matter.

他負責這件事。The

matter

is

in

the

charge

of

her.這件事被她負責。

14.

in

class,

in

the

class

inclass在課上；intheclass在班級里。He

is

the

best

student

in

the

class.他是班里最好的學生。

15.

on

fire,

on

the

fire

onfire著火；onthefire在火上。Put

the

food

on

the

fire.

把食物放在火上。The

house

is

on

fire.房子著火了。

16.

out

of

question,

out

of

the

questionoutofquestion毫無疑問的；outofthequestion不可能的。

17.byday；bytheday

byday白天；bytheday按天計算。

The

workers

are

paid

by

the

day.工人們按天被支付工資。

18.

the

people,

a

people

thepeople指民，人們；apeople指民族。19.nomorethan；notmorethan

nomorethan相當于only，僅僅，只有；notmorethan至多，不超過。

20.byoneself；foroneself；tooneself；ofoneself

byoneself單獨，獨自；foroneself親自；tooneself供自己用；ofoneself自動。The

door

opened

of

itself.這扇門自動開了。21.atall；afterallatall根本，全然；afterall到底，畢竟。After

all

he

is

a

child.他畢竟是個孩子。22.atease；witheaseatease舒適地，安逸地；withease容易地，無困難地。

23.dayafterday；daybyday

dayafterday日復一日地（無變化）；daybyday一天天地（有變化）。Trees

grow

taller

day

by

day.樹木一天天地長高了。

24.

on

the

corner,

in

the

corner,

at

the

corner

onthecorner物體表面的角上；inthecorner物體內部的角落里；

atthecorner物體外部的角落上（拐角處）。

25.warnsb.of；warnsb.against

warnsb.of提醒某人注意某事；warnsb.against提醒某人不要做某事。

26.atpeace；inpeaceatpeace平靜地；inpeace和平地。

27.

on

earth,

on

the

earth,

in

the

earth

onearth在世上，在人間，到底，究竟；ontheearth在地上，在地球上；

intheearth在地下，在泥土里。

28.

in

surprise,

to

one's

surprise

insurprise驚奇地；toone'ssurprise令某人吃驚的是。

29.

in

the

air,

on

the

air,

in

the

sky

intheair正在醞釀中；ontheair播送，廣播；inthesky在天空中。

His

show

is

on

the

air

at

6:00

tonight.他的節目今晚六點播送。

30.

in

the

field,

on

the

field

inthefield在野外；onthefield在戰場上。He

lost

his

life

on

the

field.他在戰場上失去了生命。

31.

in

the

market,

on

the

marketinthemarket在市場上，表示場所或地點；onthemarket在出售。

He

sells

fish

in

the

market.

他在市場賣魚。Fresh

vegetables

are

on

the

marketnow.新鮮的蔬菜現在正在出售。

32.

in

the

sun,

under

the

sun

inthesun在陽光下；underthesun地球上，全世界。

33.

in

a

voice,

with

one

voice

inavoice出聲地；withone