英语近义词辨析：位置、岗位 post 和 position

辨析bank,shore,coast三个名词如下：
bank:一般指河岸,河堤.
1.Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat… 河岸上的一些人大声向船里的人呼叫……
2.I take a walk along the bank every morning.我每天早晨在河岸上散步.
shore：一般指湖、海岸.
1.She knew she was near the shore.她知道她离海岸不远了.
2.We walked along the shore of the lake.我们沿湖岸走着.
coast：仅仅指海岸.
1.She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.她将在早上五点钟从法国海岸出发.
2.Most of Rena’s school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.欧娜的大多数同学将在英国海岸上等候她.

milestone:1.stone post at side of a road to show distances
2.a significant event in your life (or in a project)
landmark:1.the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
2.an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
3.
a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
landmark比milestone程度更加强烈,且landmark多形容历史等重大事件的转折点,而milestone多指personal经历中的一些重要转折或事情,其实真要互换的话,问题也不大

这些都是初中的语法项目.
across是一个介词,表示“横穿”,在表面上穿过的意思.
cross是一个动词,相当于动词+across,如：cross=go across.
rather than=instead of都是“而不是”的意思,但是前者后面常加名词,代词,或者是动词原形,而后者后面则加名词,代词,动词的ing形式.
neither是两者都不的意思,常组成短语neither ...nor...或neither of短语,前一个短语谓语动词就近原则,后一个短语谓语动词用单数形式.如：
neither your nor i am a teacher,你和我都不是老师
neither i nor you are a teacher.你和我都不是老师
neither of us is a teacher.我们俩都不是老师.
either是“或者”的意思,常组成短语,either ...or...或either of短语.前一个短语谓语动词也是就近原则,后一个短语谓语动词也是用单数形式.如：
either you or i am a teacher,或者你或者我是老师
either i or you are a teacher,或者我或者你是老师
either of us is a teacher.我们两个人中有一个人是老师

flake作为动词时意为to fall off in flakes即成薄片状剥落；slice作为动词时意为to cut into slices即把.切成薄片,同时还有用刀切的意思.flake作为名词时意为a small,thin piece of something即小薄片,如soap flakes...