这些名词均含“军队、部队”之意。
army: 表军队的总称,与navy(海军)、air force(空军)并列时指陆军。
troops: 常用复数,多指陆军,着重构成军队的士兵成员,有时也指骑兵部队。
forces: 语体较正式,多用复数形式,既可指包括陆、海、空在内的一个国家的整个武装力量,也可指某一兵种。
这组词都有“限制,局限”的意思,其区别是:
confinement: n.限制,囚禁(于某地或某种境地)。
➤ The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement.
那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月。
confinement: limitation, restraint
concentrate: v.集中,集中精力(后接on,宾语可以是具体或抽象的东西);浓缩,压缩。
➤ During exams, students concentrate hard on answering the questions.
考试期间,同学们集中精力回答问题。
restraint: n.克制,抑制;约束措施。
➤ Even though the mother was very angry, she acted with restraint and didn't yell at her child.
即使母亲很生气,她仍克制自己没有向孩子大吼。
focus: v.集中(于某事物);将(注意力等)集中于……(后接on,宾语一般不是具体的东西)。
➤ Please focus your minds on the following problem.
请集中考虑以下问题。
limitation: n.限制,局限;(能力的)缺点,弱点。
➤ That employee has limitations on what work he can do.
那个雇员能做的工作有限。