deliberately, on purpose
上述用作副词的词和词组均有有意地、故意地之意。
deliberately : 指经过深思熟虑后而行事。
I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.(我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。)
on purpose : 侧重所作所为具有特殊目的。
I sometimes think that all his supposed mistakes are made on purpose just to annoy me.(我有时认为他犯的那些被信以为真的一切错误是故意为了气我。)
denote, indicate
这两个动词都有指示之意。
denote : 指用符号等表示。
We often denote danger by red letters.(我们常常用红字表示危险。)
indicate : 指用词语或标记表达较明确的意义。
The sign here indicated where I should go.(这个标记指出了我该去的地方。)