1.confident和confidant
confident“深信,确信,自信”。
confidant“心腹朋友”。She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help.
她没有知心朋友来帮助或是劝告她。
2.continual和continuous
continual“连续,继续”;“频繁的”;continual bouts of toothache一阵接一阵的牙痛。(这中间可能有停顿或间断。)
continuous“连续”(指从不间断的); We have had three weeks of continuous rain.
我们这里连续三周下雨不停。
3.might和could
might表明“possibility”。
could应该用来表明“permission”. Mum said we could (might) go to the football match.
4.council和counsel
council“议事机构”,委员会;a cabinet council内阁会议。
counsel“商议,劝告”;follow sb's counsel close牢记某人忠告。
5.creditable和credible
creditable“声誉好的,可称许(赞扬)的”;credible
“可信的,可靠的”He's the only one without a credible alibi (辩解,托辞),他是惟一一个没有可信托辞的人。