词汇歧义

（1）They can fish.当解释成他们会钓鱼时“can”是情态动词,“fish”是不及物动词,此句说的是一种能力。
当解释成他们做鱼罐头时，我们把“can”看成是及物动词,“fish”是名词。由于“can”和“fish”都有两个词性，
而且在这个句子中都能讲得通，因此产生了两种不同的解释。 （2）You will forget tomorrow.当解释成明天你就会把一切都忘记时，
A heteronym is a "word having a different sounding and meaning but the same spelling." (minute - unit of time; minute - very small) 1. address My address is Easy Street. She will address the crowd. 2. bow She wears a bow in her hair. Bow to the audience at the end. 3. close Please close the door. She sat close to him. 4. content The content of the talk is simple. I am content to just stay home. 5. convert She is a convert to exercise. She will convert the machine. 6. digest You will digest your food in time. I never read Reader's Digest. 7. dove She dove into the water. The dove makes a cooing sound. 8. invalid She was an invalid in the hospital. Your license is invalid. 9. lead He will lead the parade. The metal lead is very heavy. 10. live Where do you live? It was a live snake. 11. minute I'll be with you in just a minute. The insect had minute legs. 12. object It was a valuable object. We would object if she went. 13. present We got a nice present from her. She will present the awards to all. 14. project Is your science project done? Project the movie on the screen. 15. read She likes to read books. She read a story to the boy. 16. record Let's record that movie. She bought a record album. 17. row The kids were all sitting in a row. They had a row over the noise. 18. sow We shall sow the wheat today. The old sow was in the pigpen. 19. subject The subject of my talk is autos. They will subject them to torture. 20. tear Don't shed a tear for her loss. Don't tear the photograph. 21. wind The wind blew strong last night. Wind the string on a stick. 22. wound He received a bullet wound. He wound up the rope. [/face][/size]
tear [tie] 眼泪 tear [tie] 撕裂 sow [seu] 播种 sow [sau] 母猪 minute [minit] 分钟 minute [mai nju:t] 微小的 还有：abstract, accent, affix, attribute, augment, compound, com-press, concert, conduct, confine, conflict, conscript, consort, construct, contest, contract, contrast, converse, convert, convict, de-crease, detail, digest, discard, discount, discourse, escort, export, extract, ferment, forecast, import, impress, incline, increase, insult, object, perfume, permit, pervert, prefix, present, produce, progress, protest, rebel, record, refill, re-fix, refund, regress, reject, segment, subject, suffix, survey, suspect, torment, trans-form, transplant, transport, upset。
1由一词多义造成的歧义句
1. These are our guns. 句中的既可译为“这些是我们
的枪支”, 也可译为“这些是我们的大炮”。
2. He married her. 这句话含有“他娶了她”或“他把她嫁出去了”这两种意思, 可见marry 一词在不同语
“tomorrow”是副词，当解释成你会忘记明天发生的一切时，“tomorrow”是名词。
air n. 交易会 a. 公平合理的 fare n. 车船费 vi. 进展;过活 He brought the piglets to the fair to sell.他把小猪赶到集市上卖. Everybody must be given a fair share of the harvest.每个人得到的粮食数量应该是均等的. How much is the air fare to Tianjin?到天津的飞机票要多少钱? How did you fare in New York? 你在纽约过得怎么样? 2. principle n. 原理;原则 principal a. 主要的 Mr. Connors believes that truthfulness is the best principle. 克诺斯先生认为真理才是最好的原则. The scientist was the principal speaker at the meeting. 那位科学家是会议上的首要发言者. 3. coarse a. 粗糙的;粗鲁的;粗俗的 course n. 路线;课程 His coarse manners deserve to be criticized.他粗鲁的行为应该受到责备. Highway across the country is in course of construction. 横贯该国的一条公路正在建设之中. The president encouraged the students to take more courses. 校长鼓励学生们多修几门课程. 4. complement n. 补充物;使完备之物 compliment n. 恭维;问候 Lively conversation is a complement to a party. 欢快的谈话有助于聚会的气氛. Give my compliments to your mother. 请代我向你妈妈问好. Thank you for your compliments. 谢谢您的夸奖. 5. council n. 委员会;理事会 counsel n. 商议;劝告v. 建议;劝告 The U.N. Security council consists of five countries.联合国安理会由五个国家组成. My father gave me a wise counsel and I followed it.父亲给我的忠告很明智,所以我听取了他的忠告. His brother counseled him to think carefully before making a decision. 他哥哥建议他做决定之前仔细考虑. 6. stationary a. 固定的;静止的 stationery n. 文具 The weatherman said that the warm front would be stationary for several days. 气象预报员说,暖锋将停滞数天不移动. Lucy wrote to her mother on the company's stationery. 露西用公司的信笺信封给妈妈写信. 7. peace n. 和平;安宁 piece n. 块;片;篇章;条 Peace was restored after a week of disturbance. 经过一周的骚乱又恢复了平静. Duke ate a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. 杜克用甜食时吃了一块巧克力. 8. desert v. 丢开;遗弃;开小差 dessert n. 餐后甜点 After deserting his post the soldier ran away from the camp. 那个战士从帐篷弃职而逃. We had apple pie for dessert last night.我们昨晚吃的甜食是苹果. 9. weather n. 天气;气象; whether conj. 是否;不管 Our flight was delayed because of unfavorable weather. 因天气问题,我们的航班晚点了. We do not know whether we will go away for our vacation or stay home. 是出外度假还是呆在家里我们一时拿不定主意. 10. lightning n. 闪电 lightening n. 轻松;减轻;发亮 The tall tree on the bank was struck by lightning. 岸边的高树遭了雷劈. Mr. Blare was invited to be in charge of lightening of stage. 布莱尔先生被邀负责舞台的灯光设计. My heart began lightening when hearing the good news. 听到这个好消息我的心情开始轻松了
境下含义不同。
3. He is ambit ious. 这句话中的ambit ious 具有不同的含义, 褒义是“雄心勃勃”, 贬义是“野心勃勃”。因
此, 离开语境, 此句可译成“他雄心勃勃”, 也可译成“他野心勃勃”。