例：I intend to emigrate from Hong Kong.

immigrate：to come to live in a new country （由外国而来）移民。

例：I intend to immigrate to Canada.

past passed

past ：gone by or history 经过，过去、以往。

例：The car drove past my house.

My past is very interesting.

passed：pass的过去时态。

例：We passed through the town without stopping.

principal principle

principal：the head of a school 校长

例：The principal spoke to us today.

principle：a principle is an important fact or law.

例：The principle of democracy is important to ourcountry.

stationary stationery

stationary：standing still 不动的、静止的。

例：Please remain stationary.

stationery：writing materials 文具、信纸。

例：They went to the store to buy some stationery.

uninterested disinterested

uninterested：指没有兴趣，索然无味，漠不关心。

例：An unterested student will not learn anything. 缺乏兴趣的学生什么都学不到。

词组：unterested attitude 漠不关心的态度

be uninterested in 对……无兴趣。

disinterested：则表示没有获得利益的动机，进而意指没有偏见，在美语中，也可以作漠不关心解

Two disinterested parties are needed to verify these documents for us. 我们需要两个公正的团体来查证这些文件。