【 混淆字比一比 】
有些英文字長得好像，可是意思卻天差地遠；有些英文的中文翻譯都一樣，可是用法好像又不太一樣。EZTALK 整理出一些常搞錯用法的字彙，為大家一一點破迷津。

■ 筆記型電腦是 notebook?

在台灣，我們常把 notebook computer ( 筆記型電腦 )，簡稱為 notebook。可是如果在美國你說 notebook，他們會想到的是「筆記本」，如果要說筆記型電腦，一定要用 laptop，因為通常都會放在膝蓋上使用。

■ fit、suit 的不同

● fit 尺寸適合，合身
說到衣著服飾的搭配「合身」與否，fit 這個動詞可以算是美語中的標準用字了，只要是大小長度等尺寸正正好，就可以用 fit 這個字來表達穿起來服服貼貼的感覺。fit 的後面可以接人(受詞)，但若是在上下文當中，明顯知道被提及的人是誰，也可以不接。

A:These pants don’t fit anymore.
這條褲子已經穿不下了。

B:Time to go on a diet!
該減肥了!

●suit 穿配起來好看
如果是要說衣著服飾的搭配「適合，好看」，美語中常用 suit 這個動詞，衣著的適合與否，衡量的標準就比較多了，可能是式樣、顏色，甚至是與其他衣飾的搭配。

A:Does this hat suit me?
你覺得這頂帽子適合我嗎?

B:No. It makes you look immature.
不適合。它讓你看起來很幼稚。

👍 俐媽英文教室：倒裝句
EEC孩子最近學完了所有的倒裝句，可別以為這文法高階又少見，它可是很常出現在寫作之中。光在Wild(那時候我只剩下勇敢)這本書裡，俐媽就找出好多倒裝佳句喔！
🚧 There, it would be easy to reach, should I need it.
⚠️ 原句為There, it would be easy to reach, if I should need it. "可能性極低"的假設語氣中以should表示"萬一"，又假設語氣中有三個字(had, should, were)可以形成倒裝--去掉連接詞if，再將had/should/were與主詞對倒。因而if I should need it變成了should I need it.
🚧 Seldom did anyone manage to get it right, and even I stumbled over it a good portion of the time.
⚠️ Seldom表"不常"，為否定字，置於句首時後面形成"be/aux. + S"的倒裝句形式。其它常見否定字有never, rarely, barely, scarcely, hardly, in no time, only, not until, not only...but also..., nowhere, little等等。
🚧 I realized that under no circumstances while on my date tomorrow could I take off my pants.
⚠️ under no circumstances表"決不"(= never = in no way = by no means = on no condition = on no account)為否定字，故後面形成could I take off my pants的倒裝句構。
🚧 As omnipresent as the snow was, I also sensed its waning, melting imperceptibly by the minute all around me.
⚠️ 原句為Although the snow was omnipresent,...，為強調形容詞omnipresent而將其置於句首，although the snow was順勢向後移，但although不能放在句中，因此改成though或as(較常見)。此句中的as即表"雖然"。omnipresent (a.) 無所不在的，字首omni- = all，而present為形容詞表"出席的；出現的"。
🚧 Much as I wanted to open it that night on the trail, I wasn't willing to lug the empty bottle all the way to Timberline Lodge.
⚠️ 原句為Although I wanted to open it that night on the trail,...，表"雖然"的倒裝句只可強調adj./ adv./ N，因此要強調動詞時，要額外在句首加上副詞much。故Although I wanted to open it that night on the trail,... = Much as I wanted to open it that night on the trail, ...
🚧 Into the box went the foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use.
⚠️ Here/ There/ 地方副詞/ 介副詞(i.e. into, away, off, in, out, up, down...)置於句首時，後面的主詞和動詞要對置形成倒裝句。The bus comes here. = Here comes the bus.，而The foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use went into the box. = Into the box (地方副詞) + went (動詞) + the foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use (主詞)。
⛽️ 注意：若主詞為代名詞時，則不倒裝，如He comes here. = Here (副詞) + he (主詞) + comes (動詞).
🚧 As soon as I got my pack off, I lay on the tree as if it were a couch--a sweet respite from the ground.
⚠️ as soon as為連接詞表"一...就..."。本句亦可以寫成No sooner had I got my pack off than I lay on the tree as if... = Hardly/Scarcely had I got my pack off when/before I lay on the tree as if...
⛽️ "No sooner + had S Vpp + than + S + Ved"及"Hardly/Scarcely + had S Vpp + when/before + S + Ved"均為表"一...就..."的倒裝句構。
👀 打完這些重點，俐媽的兩隻眼睛也倒裝啦～