練兵秣馬：exercise用法辨析示例
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. —Plato
體育運動如果是出於強迫，不會有害於身體；但在強迫之下獲得的知識，不能保留在頭腦中。——柏拉圖
一、下面我們來看看exercise有幾種含義
n.
1.運動，鍛鍊 [U,C]
Temperance and exercise conduce to good health.
節制與運動有益於健康。
2.練習，習題 [C]
Do the vocabulary exercise at the end of the chapter.
做這一章末尾的詞彙練習。
3.【軍】演習，操練 [C]
Praised as a heroine by many, others denounced her rescue as a staged event used by Pentagon officials as a propaganda exercise.
許多人稱她爲英雄，也有人公開指責說林奇的獲救就像一出舞臺戲，被五角大樓官員們用作宣傳演習。
4.（特定的）活動，行動
It has become a threat to democracy and may render the presidential election an exercise in futility.
這是對民主本質的一大威脅，可能使總統選舉成爲有名無實的民主活動。
5.（權力，權利等的）行使，運用
The government must be careful in its exercise of power.
政府在行使其權力時必須小心謹慎。
v.
1.鍛鍊，操練，練習 [T]
Doctor’s careful work has won schoolmate's affirmation, simultaneously activity itself has also exercised everybody.
醫生細緻、認真的工作贏得了同學的肯定，同時活動本身也鍛鍊了大家。
2.運用，行使 [T]
The King cannot exercise much political power.
這國王沒有很大的政治權利。
3.練習；運動 [I]
I think you should exercise more.
我認爲你應該多運動運動。
二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞表示“聯習”的意思呢？
drill, exercise, practice, training, discipline
這些名詞都有“練習、訓練、鍛鍊”之意。
drill側重進行有系統的，嚴格和重複的練習。
exercise主要指爲強壯體魄而進行的鍛鍊，也可指進行練習以保持已經獲得的技巧。
practice指把所學的理論或知識用於實踐以獲得技藝與技巧。
training普通用詞，泛指爲從事某種職業而進行的身體或智力方面的訓練。
discipline既可指訓練又可指爲達到某種熟練程度而進行的約束。
三、下面我們來學習一下含有exercise的常見短語
physical exercise
體育鍛煉
neck exercise
頸項功，頸項功
四，你學會exercise的用法了嗎？一起來檢測一下自己吧！
The value of this ____ is that it challenges the students to express themselves freely.
這項練習的價值在於它能促使學生自由地表達自己的思想。
