2020考研英语：常见易混淆词汇（2）

　　1. confident & confidant

　　confident “深信，确信，自信”。

　　confidant “心腹朋友”。She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help. 她没有知心朋友来帮助或是劝告她。

　　2. continual & continuous

　　continual “连续，继续”;“频繁的”;continual bouts of toothache一阵接一阵的牙痛。(这中间可能有停顿或间断。)

　　continuous “连续”(指从不间断的);We’ve had three weeks of continuous rain. 我们这里连续三周下雨不停。

　　3. might & could

　　might 表明“possibility”。

　　could 应该用来表明“permission”. Mum said we could (might) go to the football match.

　　4. council & counsel

　　council “议事机构”，委员会;a cabinet council 内阁会议。

　　counsel “商议，劝告”;follow sb. 's counsel close 牢记某人忠告。

　　5. creditable & credible

　　creditable “声誉好的，可称许(赞扬)的”;

　　credible “可信的，可靠的”He's the only one without a credible alibi (辩解，托辞). 他是惟一一个没有可信托辞的人。

　　6. decisive & decided

　　decisive “果断的，断然的”;decisive measures 断然的措施。

　　decided “明确的，无疑的”;a decided success 明显的成功。

　　7. defective & deficient

　　defective (having a fault or flaw) “有缺陷的”。

　　deficient (lacking in what is needed) “不足的”;be deficient in 欠缺。

　　8. definite & definitive

　　definite (certain or clear, not vague)“明确的，一定的”。

　　definitive (authoritative, that cannot be improved) “限定的，决定性的，最后的”; definitive host 宿主;definitive organs 定形器官;definitive sentence 最后判决。

　　9. dependant & dependent

　　dependant n. (one who depends on another for support) 受赡养者。

　　dependent adj. “依靠的，依赖的”; He'sstill dependent on state benefit. The rate of relief is dependent on one's income.

　　10. discreet & discrete

　　discreet “考虑周到的，慎重的”。

　　discrete “分离的，分裂的”;On closer examination, we find that the pattern is formed from thousands of discrete dots of colours.