1.confident和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和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 have had three weeks of continuous rain. 我们这里连续三周下雨不停。 3.might和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和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和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和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和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。28.definite和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和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和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 colors.