本次我们来辨别2个单词，它们分别是：
- statue
- status
他们虽然没有完全相同的翻译，但是
statue和status的字形上相似度大约有78.46%，修改1个字母后statue能变成status。
第1个单词：statue
美音：/ˈstætʃuː/，英音：/ˈstætʃuː/
含义：n. （石或金属做的动物或人的）雕像
网络含义：塑像
英文短含义：To stand as still as a statue is to stand absolutely still, a statue being a sculpture, after all. A statue is a specific kind of sculpture, one that clearly represents a person, an animal, or other living creature./
像雕像一样静止就是完全静止，毕竟雕像就是雕塑。雕像是一种特定类型的雕塑，它清楚地代表一个人、动物或其他生物。
英文长含义：There’s no question that the first thing most people think of when they hear the word statue is the Statue of Liberty. The woman’s name is Liberty and there she is, a statue. Any sculpture that represents a person (Liberty, George Washington, Gandhi, or the Mad Hatter) is called a statue. In New York’s Central Park, there is a much beloved statue of a dog named Balto, a heroic husky from Alaska.
毫无疑问，大多数人听到雕像这个词时首先想到的是自由女神像。那个女人的名字是自由女神，她就是一尊雕像。任何代表一个人（自由、乔治华盛顿、甘地或疯帽子）的雕塑都称为雕像。在纽约的中央公园里，有一尊名叫巴尔托的狗的雕像备受喜爱，它是一只来自阿拉斯加的英勇哈士奇犬。
例句1：Soon, on account of the heat, I guess, that water started evaporating and drops ran down the grooves carved in that wooden face so that the statue looked as if it were crying.
很快，我猜是因为太热，水开始蒸发，水珠顺着那张木头脸上的凹槽流下来，让雕像看起来好像在哭。
– from How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
例句2：She’ll take the Sacred Heart picture and leave the statue to watch over the two men.
她会拍下圣心的照片，离开雕像去照看这两个人。
– from Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir
例句3：The fountain featured a life-size statue of Mr. Lemoncello standing on a lily pad in the middle of a shallow reflecting pool ten feet wide.
喷泉有一尊真人大小的莱蒙切罗先生雕像，站在一个十英尺宽的浅反射池中央的睡莲上。
– from Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
第2个单词：status
美音：/ˈsteɪtəs/，英音：/ˈsteɪtəs/
含义：n. 法律地位（或身份）；（尤指在社会中的）地位，身份；高级职位，社会上层地位；重视（或崇尚）程度；状况，情形
网络含义：状态
英文短含义：If someone wants to know the status of something, they want to know what condition it’s in, where it is, or how much progress it’s made. You’ve probably checked the status of your flight to see if it’s on time or delayed./
如果有人想知道某件事的状态，他们想知道它处于什么状态，它在哪里，或者它取得了多少进展。您可能已经检查过您的航班状态，看看它是准时还是晚点。
英文长含义：Status doesn’t only apply to the state of flights, projects, and traffic jams — it also can be used to refer to a person’s social standing or rank. In fact, status was first used in reference to someone’s height, and later, their legal standing. Someone with VIP status gets to fly first class and probably has a bunch of photographers following them.
地位不仅适用于航班、项目和交通拥堵的状态——它还可以用来指代一个人的社会地位或等级。事实上，地位首先是指某人的身高，后来是指他们的法律地位。拥有贵宾身份的人可以乘坐头等舱，并且可能有一群摄影师跟随他们。
例句1：Despite the obvious benefits to some individuals from this arrangement, most blacks suffered under it, as black landlords, like their white counterparts, had an economic incentive in maintaining the status quo.
尽管这种安排给一些人带来了明显的好处，但大多数黑人都在它之下受苦，因为黑人房东和他们的白人房东一样，有维持现状的经济动机。
– from The Best of Enemies
例句2：Minus the fact that there had been no progress in our immigration status, my parents finally felt settled in the United States.
减去我们的移民身份没有任何进展的事实，我的父母终于在美国安定下来了。
– from Americanized
例句3：He was elected, the rest were county employees whose job status was not reliant on elections.
He was elected, the rest were county employees whose job status was not reliant on elections.
– from A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age
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