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第一节
一、确定词义
1、根据语法结构、构词法、指代关系、词在句中的词类以及搭配关系来选择和确定词义。
(1) Like charges repel; unlike charges attract. (like 和 unlike 是形容词,相同的电荷相斥,不同的电荷相吸)
(2) He likes mathematics more than physics.他喜欢数学甚于物理学。
(3) In the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining like gold. 在射入窗内的阳光里,细微的尘埃象金子一般在闪闪发光。
(4) Like knows like. 英雄识英雄
2、根据语境和上下文联系选择和确定词义。
(1) He is the last man to come. 他是最后来的。
(2) He is the last man to do it. 他决不会干那件事。
(3) He is the last person for such a job.
(4) He should be the last man to blame. 怎么也不该怪他。
(5)He is the last man to consult. 根本不宜找他商量。
(6) This is the last place where I expected to meet you. 我怎么也没料到会在这个地方见到你。
英语中有些语句含有“死”的词,却并无“死”的含义:
(1)He cut me dead at the meeting. 他假装不认识我。
(2)He’s dead to the world at the moment. 他现在沉睡不醒。
(3)He was dressed to kill. 他穿得过分讲究。
(4)He is a dead shot. 他是个神枪手。
(5)He is dead to all sense of shame. 他毫无羞耻感。
(6)He didn’t begin to work until the dead of the night. 他直到深夜才开始工作。
(7)He is dead sure of it. 他对此完全肯定。
(8)He is bored to death. 他讨厌得要命。
(9)He is dying for the book. 他拼命地想要这本书。
(10)He is having a dead sleep. 他正睡得很熟。
(11)He is at a dead lift. 他在急难之中。
(12)Let the dead bury the dead. 既往不咎。
(13)His feet feel dead. 他的脚冻僵了。
(14)The drug killed my pain. 这药给我止了痛。