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选修8 Units 3-5易混词语辨析 call up, call for, call in, call on, call at, call off call up (1)打电话ring up，使…回忆起 call for 需要, 要求 call in 召集，邀请请来call on 拜访（人）；call at 拜访（某地）call off 取消Forgive me so early to call up you please. 请原谅我这么早给你打电话。 She can still call up scenes of childhood. 她仍能想起儿时的情景。 The situation calls for prompt action. 形势所迫，必须立即采取行动。 He is ill; you should call in the doctor right away. 他病了，你应该立即请大夫来。 Im going to call on one of my former classmates. 我要去看望我的一位老同学。 I shall call at his home tomorrow. 我明天要到他家里拜访 The presidents visit was called off. 总裁的这次访问取消了。 2. product, production 两个词都只作名词，product是指产品，工农业生产的物品，production是生产制作,是过程,也指剧院，电视等演播的剧本，电影等。例： 产品是轴承 the product is bearings； 轴承的生产 the production of bearings；农产品agricultural products。 3. set out, set up, set off, set about, set aside, set down set out 出发；动身，另：set out to do sth=set about doing sth开始做某事; set up 建立政权、组织、国家等; set off使（地雷、炸弹）等爆炸,引爆；set aside 留出, 对…不予以考虑；set down=put down 记下, 写下。例： They set out for Beijing yesterday． 他们昨天动身去北京。 She set out to break the world land speed record． = She set about breaking the world land speed record． 她决心打破陆上速度的世界纪录。 The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse． 政府已成立工作组调查毒品泛滥问题。 Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off． 要格外小心这些烟火，稍有火星就会引起爆炸。 I will set down the story as it was told to me. 我要把这听来的故事原原本本地记下来。 4. seize, grasp, catch 三个词都有“捉、抓”之意，但词义上各有所侧重。 (1)grasp = take hold of something抓住。 例： Grasp the rope with both hands. 用手抓住绳子。 (2)seize= take by force , or take in a strong way突然用力抓住不使逃脱，攫取。例： The police seized the criminal. 把嫌疑犯押起来 (3)catch常有以下几种释义： get something by hand 接住；take a ride on something赶上；contract an illness染上。例： I can catch the ball. 我能接住这球。 I have to catch the plane. 我必须去赶飞机。 I think I may catch a cold. 我想我有可能感冒了。 5. freezing, frozen 两者都可作形容词，都有“冰冻的;结冰的;极冷的”之意。但词义有区别： (1)freezing是冻别人的。 例： a freezing weather, 寒冷的（冻别人的）天气 Its freez