1.advice,advise
    advice勸告(名詞)。如：I want to give you some advice.
    advise勸告(動詞)。如：What do you advise me to do?
    2.adopt, adapt
    adopt (1)收養(yǎng)。如：Since they have no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl. (他們自己沒有孩子，所以決定收養(yǎng)一個小女孩。)(2)采納，采用，通過。如：He adopted our suggestion.(他采納了我們的建議。)
    adopt與adapt詞形相近，后者的意思是“使適合”，“改編”等。
    3.advance, proceed, progress
    均可表“前進(jìn)”。
    advance表向一個特定的目的地，在一定的時間或空間內(nèi)穩(wěn)定地向前運(yùn)動。如：Napoleon's army advanced on Moscow. (拿破侖的軍隊向莫斯科挺進(jìn)。)
    proceed強(qiáng)調(diào)從一處向另一處的運(yùn)動，常表停頓后繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。如：They proceeded from London to Paris. (他們從倫敦往巴黎前進(jìn)。)
    peogress 多表自然過程，指生長，發(fā)展等穩(wěn)定地或循環(huán)往復(fù)地前進(jìn)。如：The year is progressing, it will soon be summer. (光陰似箭，很快又是夏天了。)
    4.advantage, benefit, profit
    advantage 常指一種使某人處于比其他人相對有利的地位，機(jī)會或時機(jī)。如：He had the advantage of good education. (受過良好的教育對他十分有利。)
    profit 多指報償或報償性的收入。如Did you make any profit last year? (你去年賺錢了嗎?)
    benefit 指物質(zhì)利益或精神方面的好處。如：I get no personal benefit from the business.(我個人從這家企業(yè)中并不獲益。)
    5.advise, convince, persuade
    均可表“勸說”。
    advise表建議，規(guī)勸某人應(yīng)該做某事或如何做。如：He advised me to put my money in the bank. (他勸我把錢存入銀行。)
    convince指向某人陳述事實，運(yùn)用推理或邏輯證明使某人信服。如：We convinced Smith to go by train rather than plane. (我們說服了史密斯乘火車而不乘飛機(jī)前往。)
    persuade指用感情說服某人去做某事。如：I persuaded him to go back to work. (我說服他回去工作了。)
    6.affect, effect
    affect影響(動詞)。如Smoking affects health.
    effect效果，影響(名詞)。如：Government policy will not have any effect on us.