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(A) distinguish  v. 區分，分辨；使有所區別

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◆ He's colour-blind and can't distinguish (the difference) between red and green easily. 他是色盲，很難分清紅色和綠色（的不同）。

◆ I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese. 我有時很難分清西班牙語和葡萄牙語。

◆ It's important to distinguish between business and pleasure. 分清哪是正事、哪是娛樂非常重要。

(B) complicate  v. 使複雜化；使更難懂；使更麻煩

〔例句〕

◆ It will only complicate the situation if we invite his old girlfriend as well. 如果我們同時也邀請他以前的女友，只會使事情更加複雜。

◆ The rescue operation has ...

(A) distinguish  v. 區分，分辨；使有所區別

〔例句〕

◆ He's colour-blind and can't distinguish (the difference) between red and green easily. 他是色盲，很難分清紅色和綠色（的不同）。

◆ I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese. 我有時很難分清西班牙語和葡萄牙語。

◆ It's important to distinguish between business and pleasure. 分清哪是正事、哪是娛樂非常重要。

(B) complicate  v. 使複雜化；使更難懂；使更麻煩

〔例句〕

◆ It will only complicate the situation if we invite his old girlfriend as well. 如果我們同時也邀請他以前的女友，只會使事情更加複雜。

◆ The rescue operation has been complicated by bad weather. 惡劣的天氣使救援工作變得更加艱難。

◆ These new rules have complicated the tax system even further. 這些新規定使稅收制度更加複雜。

(C) reinforce  v. 強化，加深，進一步證實（觀點、看法等）

〔例句〕

◆ The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations. 對事故作出的最終的技術性報告進一步證實了最初的調查結果。

◆ His behaviour merely reinforced my dislike of him. 他的行為只能使我更討厭他。

(D) speculate  v. 猜測；推測，推斷

〔例句〕

◆ I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating. 我不知道她爲甚麽那麽做——我只是猜測。

◆ A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash. 一位發言人拒絕就火車相撞事件的原因作出推測。

◆ Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut. 記者們在猜測是否會降息。

◆ The newspapers have speculated that they will get married next year. 報紙猜測他們明年會結婚。