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是一常用詞，表一般的“選擇”。
    pick通常用于不需要認真權衡，對比就能做出決定。
    select側重“在同類的許多東西中，進行有斟酌的精選”。
    elect指選舉或用其他方法推選人。
    3.cloth, clothing
    cloth布。如：I need three yards of cloth to make a suit.
    clothing衣服(總稱)。如：You’d better give all the old clothing away.
    4.complex, complicated
    均可表“復雜”。
    complex為常用詞。
    complicated為正式用詞，表由于組成部分太多，相互關系太復雜而不能理解，語氣很強。
    5.compose, consist, constitute
    compose為常用詞，常用被動語態(tài)，如用主動語態(tài)，主語應用復數(shù)形式。如：Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人組成陪審團。)
    consist表一個整體由幾個部分組成(只能用主動語態(tài))。如：The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(聯(lián)合王國是由大不列顛及北愛爾蘭組 成。)
    constitute為正式用詞，與consist相反，表由哪些部分構成整體。如：Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二個月。)