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相似英语词汇辨析51:diary,dairy,daily

2016-07-06来源:和谐英语

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。
英语里,与之类似的词语不少,现举两例,以见一斑: