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1. 根据定义猜测词义, u5 @# w" H- r
3 \0 t5 ?5 g; n$ a9 F& ] 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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$ z, y5 L+ K5 f1 r1 m# o 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 q$ }( o2 B7 i S$ HIn 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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2. 根据复述猜测词义/ |7 K. [# \- ?/ B0 X
4 r) \- b& P g& g2 @ 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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- E$ {* G* @. G4 {+ T* L7 J 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”。2 t) l$ r& t" x
, x: E0 k5 ]$ p- J 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。 |, V0 e! O! [# j0 | g4 A2 a! l- @, N1 K
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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。6 z$ X H7 ^$ [+ v$ F8 ?! L
) g6 n# }- ? Y8 h$ U& T 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。
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( f; W6 C4 x0 A \! o7 d/ [4 e 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”。. |5 T8 h/ c6 \3 d$ t; D( A! p
- U( F$ U8 y, l* a 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:; l9 z) P" G# R2 l! Z5 @ o
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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