1、discover

发现(以前不知道的事实)

She discovered that they'd escaped.

她发现他们已经逃跑了。

I discovered I was pregnant.

我发现自己怀孕了。

(偶然)发现;找到(一直在寻找的某人或某物)

A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.

几天后，他的尸体在城外的路边被发现，身上有被严重殴打过的痕迹。

初次接触(某活动并乐在其中)

I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger.

我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。

Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。

2、confuse

混淆;搞错

Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.

大家非常谨慎，以免把这两类项目弄混。

I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

我不明白怎么会有人把你和另外一个人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德国政治既令他惊讶，又让他困惑不解。

搅乱;使复杂化

To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

使问题进一步复杂化的是，每个人需要的睡眠时间千差万别。

3、turn out

(以某种方式)发生;最后是;结果是

If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

有时事情并不像我们认为的那样发展。

(尤指天气突然)变得(晴好)

It's turned out nice again.

天气又突然转好了。

原来是;结果发现

Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong...

科斯格雷夫的预测最后证明是大错特错。

It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.

结果发现我认识那个中枪的人。

关掉，熄灭(电灯、煤气等)

I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

我会一直玩到门房过来熄灯。