新概念英语-差之毫厘谬以千里，说的就是这些英文短语

1. in office, in the office 

in office在职的，

in the office在办公室里 

He is in office, not out of office. 

2. in charge of, in the charge of 

in charge of管理，负责照料， 

in the charge of由……照料 

He is in charge of the matter. 

The matter is in the charge of her. 

3. out of question, out of the question 

out of question毫无疑问的，

out of the question不可能的 

4. a second, the second 

a second又一，再一，

the second第…… 

He won the second prize. 

5. by day, by the day

by day白天，

by the day按天计算 T

he workers are paid by the day. 

6. it, one

it同一物体，

one同类不同一 

I lost my pen. 

I have to buy a new one. 

7. none, nothing, no one 

none强调有多少，

nothing, no one强调有没有，

nothing指物，

no one指人　-

-- How many…

/How much…? 

--- None. 

8. other, another 

other后接名词复数，

another后接名词单数

other students, 

another student 

9. not a little, not a bit 

not a little非常，

not a bit一点也不 

I'm not a bit tired. 

我一点儿也不累。 

10. many, much, a lot of 

many和可数名词连用，

much和不可数名词连用，

a lot of可数，不可数均可，

但不用于否定句 

I haven't many books. 

11. no, not 

no=not a/any no friend

=not a/any friend no water

=not any water 

12. no more than, not more than 

no more than相当于only，仅仅，只有，

not more than 至多，不超过 

13. tall, high 

tall常指人或动物，

high常指物体 

He is tall. 

14. fast, quickly 

fast侧重于指人或物体具有运动速度快的特点，

quickly侧重指某事完成或发生的快 

run fast, 

answer the question quickly 

15. high, highly 

high具体的高，

highly抽象的高，高度的 

think highly of 

16. sleeping, asleep, sleepy 

sleeping正在睡觉，

asleep睡着，熟睡，只能做表语，

sleepy困的，有睡意的

a sleeping baby 

The baby is asleep. 

I'm sleepy. 

17. respectful, respectable

respectful尊敬，有礼貌，

respectable可敬的，值得尊敬的 

be respectful to the aged 

18. pleasant, pleased, pleasing 

pleasant常用作定语，

pleased, pleasing常用作表语，

pleased主语常为人，

pleasing主语常为物 

a pleasant trip The trip is pleasing. 

19. close, closely 

close接近，靠近，

closely紧紧地，紧密地 

closely connected, 

stand close 

20. ill, sick 

ill做表语，

sick定，表均可 a sick boy