Some words are often confused by language learners – because they are similar to another word or because they look like a word in your own language but have a different meaning. Here are some words that often cause confusion.
有些詞總會讓學英語的人感到混淆—因為他們跟另外一個詞很像，或者跟你的母語的某個詞很像但是其意義完全不同。這里有一些經(jīng)常引起混淆的詞。

sensible and sensitive
sensible與sensitive

sensible means ‘practical’ or ‘having good judgement’
sensible是明智的
sensitive means ‘easily affected by the things people say or do
sensitive是敏感的
? Come on darling, be sensible and put a coat on. It’s freezing outside.
? Don’t be so sensitive - he didn’t say you were fat, it was just a joke.

Sympathetic and nervous
Sympathetic和nervous

Usually we are sympathetic when someone has a problem or is in trouble.
我們通常對某人遇到麻煩或者有困難的時候表現(xiàn)的 sympathetic（同情的）。
? They were very sympathetic when our house was burgled but they couldn’t do much to help.
We don’t use it to mean ‘nice’ or ‘pleasant’
我用它不是指好或者舒服。
? My uncle is a very sympathetic man.
We are nervous in a particular situation, like an exam. We don’t generally use nervous to describe someone’s character.
我們經(jīng)常會在某些特定場合感到nervous，例如考試的時候，我們不用nervous去形容一個人的性格。
? I’ve never been as nervous as the time I had to give a speech to 500 people.
? My sister is very nervous. She’s always shouting at me.

journey and travel
journey和travel

Journey is countable. Travel is uncountable and refers to the general idea of travelling.
Journey是可數(shù)的，travel是不可數(shù)的，它指代的是“travelling（旅行）”的大意。
? Did you have a good travel?
? Travel is something I recommend to all young people.
? The journey took about 8 hours.

recipe, receipt and prescription
recipe, receipt和prescription

A recipe is a set of instructions for cooking something.
A recipe是菜譜
A receipt is a piece of paper you are given after you pay for something.
A receipt是收據(jù)
A prescription is a piece of paper a doctor gives you to get the medicine you need.
A prescription是處方?