相似英语词汇辨析(51)diary,dairy,daily
时间:2014-07-07 20:41:08
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51 diary,dairy,daily
这三个词的外貌颇相像,但读音和词义各不相同。
Diary/'dairi/是“日记”(a daily record of events in one's life)或“日记本”。例:
Keeping a diary will do us a lot of good.
记日记对我们大有裨益。
I got out my diary and made a note in it.
我掏出日记本,在上面作了摘录。
Dairy/'de+ri/是“牛奶店”或“乳品场”( a place where milk,butter or cheese is produced or sold)。例:
The dairy farm keeps many dairy cows.
乳牛场饲养了很多乳牛。
Dairy products are among the chief exports of Australia.
乳制品是澳洲主要出口之一。
Daily/'deili/是“日报”(newspaper sold every day);它亦可用作形容词和副词,表示“每日”(every day)之意。如:
We have subscribed to the China Daily.(n.)
我们已订阅《中国日报》。
We made daily visits to him when he was hospitalized.(adj.)
他在住院期间,我们每天都去探望他。
They phoned the hospital daily to find how he was.(adv.)
他们每天打电话给医院询问他的病况。
在英语里,与之类似的词语不少,现举两例,以见一斑:
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