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/ b: k" L5 X' L6 V9 A. p, J6 u 如果生词是句子或段落所解释的定义,理解句子或段落本身就是推断词义。
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8 Y, l9 Z+ i, c1 M6 p/ ^ 例如: anthropology is the scientific study of man. 由定义可知,anthropology就是“研究人类的科学”。
- D+ l/ T: T7 P6 P, ~5 A" yIn slang the term "jam" constitutes a state of being in which a person finds himself or herself in a difficult situation. 同样,从上下文的定义可知jam一词在俚语中的意思是“困境”。 定义句的谓语动词多为:be, mean, deal with, be considered, to be, refer to, be called, be known as, define, represent, signify, constitute等。7 g" R. T9 X1 L) W# `9 [
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2. 根据复述猜测词义
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9 y- r3 j: o9 _! m! A5 ^+ n 虽然复述不如定义那样严谨、详细,但是提供的信息足以使阅读者猜出生词词义。 复述部分可以适当词、短语或是从句。
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同位语 Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently.
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此例逗号中短语意为“对词意义进行研究的学科”。该短语与前面生词semanties式同位关系,因此我们不难猜出semanties指“语义学”。
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; B7 s: g% `0 Q3 Q) g k1 ~! N 在复述中构成同位关系的两部分之间多用逗号连接,有时也使用破折号,冒号,分 号,引号,和括号等。
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; r/ _1 S+ ^( K: t4 S Capacitance, or the ability to store electric charge, is one of the most common characteristics of electronic circuits.由同位语我们很快猜出生词capacitance词义---电容量。
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需要注意的是:同位语前 还常有or, similarly, that is to say, in other words, namely, or other, say i.e. 等副词或短语出现。1 q* L& ]3 S, s2 k& ~
8 A" m5 U. `* h7 X$ A/ \( U 定语从句 Krabacber suffers from SAD, which is short for seasonal affective disorder, a syndrome characterized by severe seasonal mood swings.
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3 R9 N0 e7 Y% y% D& y. U 根据生词SAD后面定语从句which is short for seasonal affective disorder和同位语 a syndrome characterized by severe seasonal mood swings, 我们可以推断出 SAD含义,即“季节性情绪紊乱症”。
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3. 根据举例猜测词义
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8 h+ z( R# y6 C6 ^3 T 恰当的举例能够提供猜测生词的重要线索,例如:
+ K, J4 @( ?3 I, F* g The consequences of epochal events such as wars and great scientific discoveries are not confined to a small geographical area as they were in the past. 句中“战争”和“重大科学发现”是生词的实例,通过它们我们可以猜出epochal的大致词义“重要的”,这与其确切含义“划时代的”十分接近。 |
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