principal VS principle
principal:the head of a school 校長
例:The principal spoke to us today.
principle:a principle is an important fact or law.
例:The principle of democracy is important to ourcountry.
stationary VS stationery
stationary:standing still 不動的、靜止的。
例:Please remain stationary.
stationery:writing materials 文具、信紙。
例:They went to the store to buy some stationery
uninterested VS disinterested
uninterested:指沒有興趣,索然無味,漠不關(guān)心。
例:An unterested student will not learn anything. 缺乏興趣的學(xué)生什么都學(xué)不到。
詞組:unterested attitude 漠不關(guān)心的態(tài)度
be uninterested in 對……無興趣。
disinterested:則表示沒有獲得利益的動機(jī),進(jìn)而意指沒有偏見,在美語中,也可以作漠不關(guān)心解
Two disinterested parties are needed to verify these documents for us. 我們需要兩個公正的團(tuán)體來查證這些文件。