1.confident和confidant
    confident“深信，確信，自信”。
    confidant“心腹朋友”。She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help.
    她沒有知心朋友來幫助或是勸告她。
    2.continual和continuous
    continual“連續(xù)，繼續(xù)”;“頻繁的”;continual bouts of toothache一陣接一陣的牙痛。(這中間可能有停頓或間斷。)
    continuous“連續(xù)”(指從不間斷的); We have had three weeks of continuous rain.
    我們這里連續(xù)三周下雨不停。
    3.might和could
    might表明“possibility”。
    could應(yīng)該用來表明“permission”. Mum said we could (might) go to the football match.
    4.council和counsel
    council“議事機構(gòu)”，委員會;a cabinet council內(nèi)閣會議。
    counsel“商議，勸告”;follow sb's counsel close牢記某人忠告。
    5.creditable和credible
    creditable“聲譽好的，可稱許(贊揚)的”;credible
    “可信的，可靠的”He's the only one without a credible alibi (辯解，托辭)，他是惟一一個沒有可信托辭的人。
    6.decisive和decided
    decisive“果斷的，斷然的”;decisive measures斷然的措施。
    decided“明確的，無疑的”;a decided success明顯的成功。
    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)“明確的，一定的”。
    definitive (authoritative, that cannot be improved)“限定的，決定性的，最后的”; definitive host宿主;definitive organs定形器官;definitive sentence最后判決。
    9.dependant和dependent
    dependant n.(one who depends on another for support)受贍養(yǎng)者。
    dependent adj.“依靠的，依賴的”;He'sstill dependent on state benefit. The rate of relief is dependent on one's income.
    10.discreet和discrete
    discreet“考慮周到的，慎重的”。
    discrete“分離的，分裂的”;On closer examination, we find that the pattern is formed from thousands of discrete dots of colors.