所謂誤導閱讀的單字，是指某些非常常見的單字，卻有著我們可能不知道的意思。但正因為這些字太普通了，反倒讓我們忽略了推敲查閱的過程，於是造成了閱讀上的誤導。當然，哪些字應屬誤導閱讀的單字與每個人的閱讀經驗和主觀判斷密切相關，以下所列是我個人的整理：
address1: a speech, especially one that has been formally prepared, made to a group of people gathered especially to listen 正式演說
•Pope John Paul II delivered more than 2000 public addresses during his lifetime.
address2: (formal) to think about a problem or a situation and decide how to deal with it 解決；處理；因應
•Your essay does not address the real issues.
affair: (informal) object; thing 物體；東西
•Her dress is a long silky affair.
•My new smart phone is an amazing affair.
•The wallet my boyfriend gave me for my birthday was a fancy affair.
air1: the general character or appearance of something; appearance of, or feeling caused by, a person or place 外表；模樣；態度；氣氛
•There was an air of excitement at the meeting.
•The worker protested against the wrongful dismissal with the air of a man defending himself against a large group of merciless enemies.
air2: that part of a piece of music that is easily recognized and remembered; tune 曲調；歌調
•He whistled an air softly to himself.
apply: to be pertinent, suitable, or relevant 適用
•The theory doesn't apply.
approach: a manner or method of doing something 方法
•That critic's approach to the poem is quite different from anyone else's.
•This is a new approach to teaching languages.
arms: weapons of war 武器
•One question with which China's high-ranking leaders are preoccupied may be whether China will be able to take the place of supremacy without any country resorting to arms.
•Arms control is an issue that literally concerns everyone in the world.
balance: money or something else which remains or is left over 餘數；餘額
•My bank balance is not very large any more.
•May I take the balance of my holidays before the end of November. （我是否可在11月底之前把假休完？）
ball: a large, formal dancing party 正式舞會
•Mary was the most beautiful and admired girl at the ball last night.
bid (for): to make a formal offer to do (something), fulfill (a contract), etc., at a certain price for acceptance; tender for 投標（做某事）
•Four firms bid for the contract on the new school.
•China and America agreed to bid jointly for global oil projects on which they had previously been competing.
blind: a covering, especially one made of cloth, that can be rolled up and down to cover a window inside a building 窗簾
•He walked to the window and raised the blind.
build: shape and size, especially of the human body 體格；體型
•The athlete has a powerful build.
•We are of the same build.
calling: a strong desire or feeling of duty to do a particular job; vocation 對某項工作的強烈愛好或使命感；天職
•My son had a calling to become a priest.
career: to go at full speed; rush wildly 急馳；猛衝
•The car careered uncontrollably down the hill.
•He is always careering about and breaking things.
cause: a principle or movement strongly defended or supported 理想；主義；原則；運動
•They worked in the cause of world peace.
caution: to warn against possible danger 警告
•Tom's mother cautioned him about the harm of smoking.
celebrate: to praise (someone or something) in writing, speech, etc. 頌揚
•Various great heroes are highly celebrated in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
•Few poets never write poems that celebrate the joys of love.
champion1: to support strongly 擁護；支持
•The crowd declared that no matter what obstacle they encountered, they would champion the principles of liberty and democracy.
champion2: a person who fights for, supports strongly, or defends a principle, movement, person, etc. 鬥士
•We should be champions of justice.
civil: polite 有禮貌的
•Try to be civil to her, even if you don't like her.
•The boy gave me a civil reply.
•Can't you be civil?
class: the fact that there are different social groups with different social and political positions and points of view 階級
•In ancient China, class was of great importance in the matter of marriage.
colony: a group of the same kind of animals or plants living or growing together in close association 一群（同類的動植物）
•A large colony of ants rushed out of their hole.
colors: the official flag of a country, ship, part of the army, etc. 旗幟（國旗、軍艦旗、 軍旗）
•The general was proud that his men had taken the enemy colors in battle.
•I am always ready to serve the colors.
confidence: a secret; some personal matter told secretly to somebody else 秘密；心裡話
•The two girls told each other confidences about their boyfriends.
concern: a business; firm 公司；商店
•Our concern only makes shoes for children.
consequence: (formal) importance 重要性
•It is of much consequence to me that the government has lost the election.
constitution: the general condition of a person's body or mind 身心狀況
•He is still under a weak constitution because he has just recovered from a serious illness.
count: to have merit, importance, value 有價值；有用；有重要性
•Every bit of help counts.
•You really count with me.
•That serious illness has brought home to him that health counts.
•The moral of this story is that every hour counts and therefore we should make the most of time.
•It is not how much you read but how much you understand that counts.
counter: to oppose; move or act in opposition to (something) 反對；駁回
•My employer countered my request for more money by threatening to dismiss me.
course: (of liquid) to flow or move rapidly （指液體）奔流
•Tears coursed down her cheeks.
•The lady's pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.
court: (of a man) to spend time with or pay attention to a woman one hopes to marry （指男性對女性）追求
•Please teach me some tips to court a girl.
crop: (of an animal) to bite off and eat the tops of (grass, plants, etc.) （動物）吃草
•The sheep cropped the grass short.
culture: the practice of raising animals and growing plants or crops 培育；培植；栽培
•Bee culture is highly developed in this area.
•Silkworm culture is not as profitable as before.
•The culture of this uncommon flower is increasing in Taiwan.
custom: the habitual practice of a person 習慣
•His custom was to get up early and have a cold bath every morning.
date: to be no longer fashionable; to make somebody or something appear old-fashioned 過時；退流行；（指人）顯得老氣
•This type of music is beginning to date.
•Her clothes date her.
deserts: something deserved, especially bad or painful 應得的懲罰
•No matter how shamelessly the gangster behaves now, everybody believes that he will sooner or later get his just deserts.
develop1: to start to have a disease or illness 罹患（疾病）
•The study showed that one in twelve women is likely to develop breast cancer.
develop2: to make a photograph out of a photographic film, using chemicals 沖洗照片
•These photographs haven't developed very well.
divine: (literary) to discover or guess something 察覺；猜測
•Somehow the children had divined that he was lying.
drive1: a basic or instinctive need 本能的需求
•Hunger, thirst, and sex are among the strongest human drives.
drive2: a strong well-planned effort by a group （某一團體為達成某項特殊目的所用心籌劃並發起的運動）
•The club is having a membership drive.
drive3: a forceful quality of mind or spirit that gets things done 幹勁；活力
•Although she is over seventy, my grandmother remains to be a woman of great drive.
•He's clever, but he won't succeed because he lacks drive.
ear: the head of a grain-producing plant, such as wheat or corn, used for food （稻子、小麥等穀物的）穗
•Dropping ears of rice promise another good harvest.
effect: (formal) to cause, produce, or have as a result 實現
•I will effect my purpose; no one can stop me!
effects: (formal or law) belongings; personal property 財產
•The kind lady donated most of her effects to the charity.
elements: the weather, especially bad weather （壞）天氣
•In spite of the terrible storm he walked on, quite regardless of the elements.
end: an aim or purpose 目的；目標
•He wants to buy a house, and is saving money to/ for this end.
entertain1: (formal) to be willing to consider or accept (an idea, doubt, suggestion, etc.) 願意考慮或接受
•The entrepreneur never entertained the possibility of bankruptcy.
entertain2: to keep in the mind (thoughts or feelings); cherish; harbor 心裡懷著（某種想法或情感）
•He entertains a strong intention to revenge his dead brother in the future.
•She could never entertain the idea of living in the country.
exact: to demand and obtain by force, threats, etc. 苛求；強求
•The master exacted unconditional obedience from his servants.
exercise1: the use of a power or right （力量、權利的）運用
•You can only understand this poem by the exercise of imagination.
•By the exercise of his influence over the manager, John got his son a wellpaid job in the company.
exercise2: (often plural) a movement made by soldiers, naval ships, etc., in time of peace, to practice fighting 軍事演習
•100 ships left harbor today for exercises at sea.
•China protested strongly against America and Japan's exercises conducted in the west Pacific waters.
•Canada is already conducting naval exercises in the arctic waters, and making no secret of this.
fashion: manner; way 方法
•He behaves in a very strange fashion.
•He expressed his idea in a serious fashion.
fast1: firm; firmly fixed 牢固的
•The colors aren't fast, so be careful when you wash this shirt.
fast2: to eat no food, especially for religious reasons 齋戒
•To show his piety, the pilgrim had fasted for three days before entering the holy temple.
favor: to be unfairly fond of; treat with too much sympathy for one person as compared to others 偏袒
•The mother always favors his youngest son.
figure1: any of the number signs from 0 to 9 數字
•If you want to write in a formal essay a number greater than 9 and lesser than 100, you had better write it in words rather than in figures.
figure2: the shape of the human body, especially a woman's body that is attractive 體態；身材
•She has a good figure.
•I am dieting to keep my figure.
figure3: an important person 重要人物
•She is a figure in the development of modern Chinese fiction.
•Dr. Sun Yet-Sen was born a political and philosophical figure.
•Mother Teresa's humanity marked her as one of the dominant and most respected figures of the 20th century.
figure4: to be or seem important or prominent 具重要性；扮演重要角色
•Newton figured in the history of science.
fortune: wealth 財富
•His father has made great fortune by doing the jewelry business.
frequent: (formal) to be often in (a place, someone's company, etc.) 經常去
•She likes animals very much and frequents the zoo.
gift: a natural ability to do something 天才；天賦
•He has the gift of speaking well.
•She has a gift for music.
given1: prep. if one takes into account 如果考慮到；鑒於…
•Given their inexperience, they have done a good job.
•Given that they are inexperienced, they have done a good job.
given2: (be given to) to be in the habit of (doing) something 成為習慣的；熱衷於…
•He is given to (taking) long walks.
ground1: (of a boat or ship) to strike against the bottom or the ground 擱淺
•The ship grounded on a hidden sandbank.
ground2: the past and past participle of grind, to crush into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces 已磨碎的
•These coffee beans have not been ground finely enough.
harbor: to keep in the mind (thoughts or feelings); cherish; entertain 心裡懷著（某種想法或情感）
•They secretly harbor thoughts of revolution.
import: (formal) meaning 意義
•The import of the letter was more a threat than an advice.
•This is a legal decision of far-reaching import.
industry: continual hard work; diligence 勤勞
•Taiwan's economic miracle has been created primarily by the Taiwanese industry and frugality.
interest: benefit; advantage 利益
•It's in your interest to put your point of view first.
•Whatever he does, he always has his own interest in mind.
last: the least likely 最不可能的
•He was the last person I thought would come.
lead: a soft heavy easily melted grayish-blue metal, used for water pipes or to cover roofs 鉛
•The plumber was diagnosed as lead poisoning.
•Much lead was detected in the herb.
leave: permission 允許
•All this was done entirely without my leave.
let: to give the use of (a room, a building, land, etc.) in return for regular payments 出租
•We are hoping to let this apartment to a small family.
lift: to bring to an end; remove 結束；停止
•The unpopular tax was soon lifted.
long: to want very much 渴望
•He longed for spring.
•The girl missed her parents very much and longed to return home as soon as possible.
lot: fate; destiny; fortune 命運
•Her lot had not been a happy one.
•People must learn how to bear their lot.
•The poet sympathized with the laborers whose lot in life was hard and bitter.
master: to gain as a skill 精通
•He learned a lot but mastered nothing.
mean: average 平均的
•The mean yearly rainfall is 20 inches.
measure: an action taken to gain a certain end 措施
•This medicine may not help him, but it is the only measure I can take before the doctor comes.
•If he refuses to pay, I shall take measures against him.
•She took some measures to improve the order of her class.
meet: to satisfy 滿足；符合
•He almost met all of his father's hopes.
might: power; strength; force 力量
•The army fought bravely, but it was crushed by the might of its powerful enemy.
•He tried with all his might to move the heavy rock from the road.
minute: very small, in size or degree 細微的
•His writing is so minute that it is difficult to read.
moment: (formal) importance 重要性
•This is a matter of the greatest moment.
nature1: the qualities that make something different from others 特性；特質
•The nature of the new chemical is being tasteless, colorless, but extremely poisonous.
nature2: kind; type; sort 種類
•These two books are of the same nature.
number: a group 一群（人）
•Anyone, even of our own number, who went against this rule would be severely punished.
object: purpose; aim 目的；目標
•Profit is the object of business.
observe1: to make a remark; say 說；評論
•He observes frequently that clerks are not as polite as they used to be.
observe2: to act in accordance with (law or custom); obey 遵守；服從
•Wearing uniforms is a rule that the school requires students to observe.
observe3: to celebrate 慶祝
•Fifty years later there may be few people who know how to observe the Chinese New Year in a traditional way.
occasion1: direct cause 理由；原因
•His remark was the occasion of a bitter quarrel.
•You have no occasion to be angry.
•The real causes of the strike were not clear, but the occasion was the dismissal of two workers.
occasion2: (formal) to cause 引起；導致
•She had a long career break occasioned by her husband's job being moved to Rome.
of: (used for picking out in a group) among 在…之間
•Of all students in this class, Lisa is the most diligent.
order: kind; sort 種類
•This was something of a completely different order from what I had recommended.
otherwise1: differently; in another manner 不同地；以別種方式
•Under the circumstances, I can't believe otherwise. （在那種情形下我不得不那麼想）
•He should have been studying but he was otherwise engaged. （那時他應該得用功念書的，但卻在忙別的事）
•I thought she would bring her date to my birthday party, but she came otherwise. （我以為她會帶男朋友來參加我的生日宴會，可是並沒有）
•I hate him and I won't pretend otherwise. （我討厭他，也不會假裝喜歡他）
•I thought we have the same idea, but evidently you think otherwise. （我以為我們意見一致，但你顯然有不同的看法）
•He is not guilty until proved otherwise. （在證明有罪之前，他是無罪的）
•She is always in good spirits, so I don't know why she behaved otherwise yesterday. （她向來開朗活潑，所以我不知道她為什麼昨天怪怪的）
•The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests otherwise. （政府聲稱經濟正在好轉，但調查顯示的卻是另一回事）
otherwise2: apart from that, in other ways... 除這（那）之外，其它方面都…
•This was an otherwise perfect concert. = Except for a minor problem, the concert was perfect. = The concert would have been perfect if there had not been a minor problem. （要不是有點小問題，這場音樂會真是完美）
outstanding: not yet done or paid 未完成的；未付的
•There is some work/ There are some debts still outstanding.
own: to admit 承認
•I'm ashamed to own that I didn't study hard.
personal: (of things said) directed against (the appearance or character of) a particular person; rude 做人身攻擊的；無禮的
•Don't become personal even when you are in a heated debate.
•Let's avoid being personal. （讓我們對事不要對人）
plant: a factory 工廠
•My father worked in a chemical plant.
pool: to combine; share 合併；均分
•If we pool our ideas, we may be able to produce a really good plan.
•None of us can afford it separately, so let's pool our money.
possess: (often passive) (of an evil spirit or the devil) to enter into and become master of (someone) （指鬼魂等的）附身
•He claimed that he had been possessed by the spirit of his dead wife.
practice: habit; custom 慣例；習慣
•It is their practice to raise salary every year.
•It is the practice in our law to consider a person as not guilty until he has been proved guilty.
•It's not the usual practice for shops to stay open after 10 p.m.
•I'll lend you the money this time, but I don't intend to make a practice of it.
property: a quality, power, or effect that belongs naturally to something 性質；屬性
•Many plants have medicinal properties.
quarter: an area of a town （城鎮的）區（常指某特定族群聚集之處）
•I found a small apartment in the student quarter.
•This is the quarter of the Jews in New York.
•Anping is a historic quarter in Tainan.
rank: (of smell or taste) very strong and unpleasant （指異味或味道）刺鼻的；惡臭的
•The rank smell of vomit reached me.
regard: (formal) to look at (in the stated way) 看
•She regarded her husband closely.
•The father regarded his sick daughter anxiously.
relate: to tell (a story) 敘述；講述
•The father related to his children the story of his Africa adventure in his youth.
rule: to have and use the highest form of power over (a country, people, etc.), especially as a king, queen, or government; (figurative) guide 統治；駕馭；引導
•In ancient times, the kings of England ruled without a parliament.
•He ruled his children by principle, not by authority.
save: except (for) 除了…之外
•I agree with you, save that you have got one or two facts wrong.
•We know nothing about him save that he was in the army during the war.
•I'm wondering why you should answer all other questions save that easiest one.
season: to give special taste to a food by adding salt, pepper, a spice, etc. 調味
•The soup can be more delicious if you season it with some pepper.
•The dish was finely seasoned.
secure: (formal) to get, especially as the result of effort （經一番努力後）取得；獲得
•He is lucky to have secured himself such a good job.
seeing: considering the fact (that); inasmuch as; because 因為
•Seeing (that) she's lawfully old enough to get married, I don't see how you can stop her.
sense1: meaning （字的）意義
•Nowadays, few people think that the sense of "man" includes both men and women.
sense2: consensus 共識
•The legislator sounded out the sense of the electorate on capital punishment through questionnaires and telephone interviews.
•The sense of the people is that the government should set up one more school in this town for children.
sentiment: an opinion 意見；觀點
•Public sentiment is against any change to the law.
separate: different 不同的
•What he said was often completely separate from what he did.
serve: to be good enough or satisfying for a purpose or the needs of (someone) 滿足；符合
•The room has to serve as (for) both bedroom and living room.
•The bad roof does not even serve to keep the rain out.
•I haven't got a hammer, but this stone should serve (my purpose).
skirt: to avoid (a question, subject, difficulty, etc.) 避免；規避
•The speech was disappointing: it skirted all the main questions.
smart: to cause or feel a painful stinging sensation, usually in one part of the body and not lasting long 刺痛
•The place where he had cut his knee was smarting.
some: adv. (used usu. before a number) about 大約
•It took me some five days to write that paper.
•There were some 40 or 50 people there.
spell1: words believed to have magical powers 咒語；符咒
•He whispered a spell as he moved his hands.
spell2: a period of weather of a specified kind （某類型天氣持續的）一段期間
•The weather bureau forecast that the rainy spell would be over within a few days.
start: to make a quick uncontrolled movement, as from sudden surprise; be startled （因事出意外、突然而）嚇一跳；驚起
•She started at the noise.
•The touch on his shoulder made him start.
strain: (especially literary) notes of music; a tune 曲調；旋律
•Nobody is not familiar with the strain of this well-known song.
suggestion: something not expressed but understood; implication 暗示
•Although he hasn't told me his decision on my request, the manner he showed had a suggestion of refusal.
tone: one of the many types of a particular color, each slightly darker, lighter, brighter, etc. 色調
•This is a picture painted in various tones of green and no other color.
•Perhaps a darker tone would be better.
•Your skin tone looks very healthy.
•The dried color is slightly deeper in tone than it appears when first applied.
vessel: a ship or large boat 船
•The Port of London is filled with vessels of all kinds.
•Our shipping industry is able to build various kinds of vessels.
virtue: power; force; effect 力量；效果
•The pious Christian believed in the virtue of prayer.
weakness: a strong liking 癖好；嗜好；偏好
•I've always had a weakness for the opera.
•Chocolates were her weakness.
while: although 雖然
•While she appreciated the honor, she could not accept the position.
yield: to give, produce, bear, etc.; the thing or amount produced, as of fruit or profit 生；產；結；生產量；收益；利潤
•That tree yields plenty of fruit.
•His business yields big profits.
•The trees gave a high yield this year.
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