trip journey tour travel 都表示“旅行”的区别是什么？

为了述说方便，可将这9个词汇分为2组。

第一组：Trip, tour, journey, travel, Cruise

这组词都含“旅行”的意思，既是名词，也是动词。

trip 作名词时：（尤指短程往返的）旅行，旅游，出行；作动词时：却是“绊倒”，或“脚步轻快地走（或跑、跳舞）”的意思，如:

1. On the Thursday we went out on a day trip.

星期四我们出去玩了一天（一日游）。[名词]

2. Someone will trip over that cable.

有人会让那条电缆绊倒的。[动词]

3. She said goodbye and tripped off along the road.

她说了声再见就连蹦带跳地沿路走了。[动词]

tour 指“以游览、视察、购物等为目的的旅行”, 常含有“最后回到原出发点”的意思。名词、动词表述的意思差不多，如:

4. He is going to make a round-the-world tour.

他要周游全球。[名词]

5. We spent four weeks touring around Europe.

我们花了四个星期周游欧洲。[动词]

journey旅行，行程。应用范围很广, 指“有预定地点的长途旅行”, 一般来说, 它着重指“长距离的陆上的旅行”。名词、动词的意思差不多，如:

6. He decided to make a journey to New York by air.

他决定乘飞机去纽约。[名词]

7. They journeyed for seven long months.

他们作了长达七个月的旅行。[动词]

Travel (常指长途)旅行，行进。名词、动词的意思差不多，如：

8. When are you off on your travels (= going travelling)?

你们什么时候动身外出旅行？[名词]

9. When I finished college, I went travelling for six months (= spent time visiting different places).

我大学毕业后在外旅行了六个月。[动名词]

10. I go to bed early if I'm travelling the next day.

如果第二天去旅行我就早睡。

Cruise 作名词时是：乘船游览；航行；作动词时是：乘船游览； (车、船或飞机)以平稳且舒适的速度行驶，缓慢行进

11. I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise.

我很想乘船周游世界。

12. We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas.

我们花了两个星期乘船游览巴哈马群岛。

13. A black and white police car cruised past.

一辆黑白相间的警车缓慢驶过。

14. She cruised around the block looking for a parking space.

她绕着那个街区慢慢行驶，想找个停车的地方。

第二组：Voyage, excursion, expedition, Pilgrimage

这四个名词都含“旅行”的意思。

voyage 通常用作名词，主要指“乘船作水上旅行”, 也可指”空中旅行”, 如:

1. He got seasick during the voyage.

在航行中他晕船。

excursion 名词：指“娱乐性的短途旅行”（尤指集体），如:

2. She went on excursion to the West Lake.

她到西湖去游玩了。

3. I have arranged with my classmates for an excursion to the beach.

我已经跟同学们商量好去海滩游玩的事.

Expedition名词：指“有特定目的的远征或探险”, 如:

4. They're going to make an expedition to the South Pole.

他们要去南极探险。

Pilgrimage: N. 朝圣之旅, 拜之行；瞻仰之旅.

5. He was on his annual pilgrimage to Mecca when he fell ill.

他在一年一度前往麦加朝圣的途中病倒了.

6. He is planning to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca.

他打算去麦加朝圣.