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1. 根据定义猜测词义/ T! B- B6 ]: F1 p8 ^, p) u
# B! g9 A. v* ~0 z7 b 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。3 A5 J. M- `7 V
* q! }3 Y% l6 i$ m0 Y! r( b 例如: anthropology is the scientific study of man. 由定义可知,anthropology就是“研究人类的科学”。) C3 K# x2 B z' ]
In 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
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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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) g4 t& E# D1 P1 C% q$ x! o1 O 同位语 Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently.- m$ ], z+ M6 H! \7 K
" J2 E6 v' j% d6 d+ P2 J 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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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。! O2 {, }3 K5 V
* Q! d; Y x/ S, `% h/ S! P 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。3 k# L" c) l$ ]8 o
" k0 I7 g% K0 T1 ]; q 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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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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( u5 z# w1 _2 G 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”。* ]: V3 [ j [, {7 @1 J2 b
3 {" z; [. e. p! l' u1 o3 x 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:
1 |: F% t+ t+ e$ e" K) |+ ~ 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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