雅思阅读猜词技巧：针对性解释

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　　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。

, l6 `. E8 V& i6 F　　例如： anthropology is the scientific study of man. 由定义可知，anthropology就是“研究人类的科学”。
8 V2 l$ |7 L) X2 y8 O: 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。
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' _3 b% x" p9 m1 `/ \　　2. 根据复述猜测词义
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　　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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/ L, f" q) a5 ]/ C　　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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) N; F- f: L; O　　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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8 {& r2 X( U* F% R! P6 D　　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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　　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。

8 _. b" u, }& H1 f7 |! w! t5 V0 |& l　　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。

　　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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　　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”。

　　3. 根据举例猜测词义
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　　恰当的举例能够提供猜测生词的重要线索，例如：
　　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。