couple主要指人或动物,pair多指由两部分组成的东西 a pair of trousers
10.country,
nation, state, land
country侧重指版图,疆域,nation指人民,国民,民族,state侧重指政府,政体,land国土,国家 The whole nation was sad at the news.
初中英语短语辨析
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1.clothes,
cloth, clothing
clothes统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数, cloth指
布,为不可数名词 clothing 服装的总称,指一衣服用a piece of, an article of
2.incident,
accident
incident指小事, accident指不幸的事故He was killed in the accident.
3.amount,
number
amount后接不可数名词, number后接可数名词 a number
of students
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