同音词辨认

 1. descent:下降,下倾; dissent: 不同意,表异议.
    The balloon made a slow descent.气球慢慢地降了下来.
    I dissent from his view.我不同意他的看法.
 2. faint:虚弱的,无力的; feint:佯攻,声东击西.
    Alice felt faint with hunger.爱丽斯饿极了,感到很无力.
    He feinted with his left hand and hit me with his
    right hand.他用左手虚晃一招,用右手打我.
 3. raise:举起,种植,饲养; raze:摧毁,夷平.
    He raised chickens.他养鸡.
    The wreckers began to raze the building.拆卸工人着手拆毁这幢大楼.
 4. straight:直的; strait:海峡.
    A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.直线是两点之间最短的距离.
    We passed through the Strait of Magellan.我们穿过了麦哲伦海峡.
 5. die: 死; 枯萎; dye:染.
    His father had died before he reached home.在他到家之前,他的父亲就已经死了.
    She dyed her hair red.她把头发染红了.