英语易混淆词汇辨析：access, assess

access, assess这两个词为一组“形近易混词”。

access n.接近，进入。

the people living in these apartments have free access to that swimming pool.
住在这些公寓里的人可以免费地进入游泳池。

so how do you access it?
那么如何访问连接池？

you can turn on and off access to any of these groups.
您可以打开或关闭对任何这些组的访问。

regardless of where we are and what we are doing, we want access to our data.
不管我们身在何处、在做什么，我们都想要访问到我们的数据。

assess v.评估(财产，价值)。

i assessed how much it would cost to build a new apartment.
我评估了一下建一套新的公寓要多少钱。

if so, how do we assess it?
如果是，我们如何评价它？

they assess his house at 15000 yuan.
他们给他房子的估价为15000元。

how do you assess that?
那你该怎么评估收益？