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1. 根据定义猜测词义
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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。; L+ o* K* T& y$ E
9 n9 M* v. R7 D( l* V0 d 例如: anthropology is the scientific study of man. 由定义可知,anthropology就是“研究人类的科学”。: }2 L+ Y4 B8 G# m6 p% K1 [5 N1 |
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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5 X* ~; e! j9 ~. y m( w$ `& k 2. 根据复述猜测词义' f1 ~% q% B( _9 C) d& U- D4 P5 f* a
6 }% A& L6 b% |' p+ L) Z/ g 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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3 H+ P C' O0 c) ^# `0 ] 同位语 Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently.7 H/ q; _$ N, @
' i& m9 F) I; S: ~! F6 i L 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”。8 q. _ U! g' L0 k
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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。/ A/ G; j, S( b, [
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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。
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, C, J- t7 Y8 U* m/ a% |3 x" f" n 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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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”。* G% o5 }% k Y: Y7 {2 ^* h! M1 p
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3. 根据举例猜测词义
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/ \7 U3 q8 b4 |, M Q$ y6 h 恰当的举例能够提供猜测生词的重要线索,例如:
! l s0 r! \, |' Z: r+ \4 S# 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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