1. childish, childlike

childish幼稚的。如：It was very childish of him to lose his temper over something so unimportant.

childlike孩子般天真的。如：When she won the gold medal, there was childlike smile on her face.

2. choose, pick, select, elect

choose是一常用词，表一般的“选择”。

pick通常用于不需要认真权衡，对比就能做出决定。

select侧重“在同类的许多东西中，进行有斟酌的精选”。

elect指选举或用其他方法推选人。

3. cloth, clothing

cloth布。如：I need three yards of cloth to make a suit.

clothing衣服(总称)。如：You’d better give all the old clothing away.

4. complex, complicated

均可表“复杂”。

complex为常用词。

complicated为正式用词，表由于组成部分太多，相互关系太复杂而不能理解，语气很强。

5. compose, consist, constitute

compose为常用词，常用被动语态，如用主动语态，主语应用复数形式。如：Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人组成陪审团。)

consist表一个整体由几个部分组成(只能用主动语态)。如：The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(联合王国是由大不列颠及北爱尔兰组成。)

constitute为正式用词，与consist相反，表由哪些部分构成整体。如：Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二个月。)

6. bloom, blossom

bloom多指供观赏植物的开花。如：The roses are blooming.

blossom多指果树等植物的开花。如：The apple trees are blossoming.

7. borrow, lend

borrow借入。如：Can I borrow your pen for a moment?

lend把……借给。如：Can you lend me your bike?

8. bring, take

bring带来。如：Bring me some water, please.

take拿走。如：Shall I take some flowers when I go and see her?

9. calculate, compute, estimate

calculate通常指用数学方法进行比较复杂，难度较大的精确计算。如：You can’t expect a schoolboy to calculate distances in astronomy.

compute常指比较简单的运算。如：It was computed that two thirds of the students in the class passed the examination.

estimate估计，常指对数量、成本等事先进行判断或估计。如：Some farmers asked the weatherman to estimate nextyear’s rainfall.

10. cheat, deceive, trick

cheat欺骗，常用词，主要指为了自己的利益欺骗人。

deceive表示隐瞒真相或以假相骗人。如：The boy deceived the teacher by lying.

trick哄骗，表示耍手段进行欺骗，强调在行骗时使用计策，有时也指并非出于恶意的欺骗。如：Tom cleverly tricked his mother into approval.