8个培养猜词能力的技巧

1. 根据定义，解释猜测词义

 We all know that ants are ferocious eaters. They differ widely in their diets and may be carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous, meaning that some eat; others eat only plants while others eat a combination of both.

2. 根据复述 ( 同位语，定语等)

Today, I’d like t talk about some of the changes land can undergo, specifically desertification, process through which land becomes part of a desert.

3. 根据举例

 After breakfast，many people go to church; but the children will be playing with their new toys, and the mother will probably be preparing the Chiristmas dinner. This includes poultry for the main course (e.g. chicken, turkey, duck, goose), salads, breads, and vegetable, and features a variety of desserts, for example,pies,puddings, and ice cream..

4. 根据对比关系

Jane was talking with others while Eliza remained reticent all the time
　　Most of us agreed; however, Bill dissented

5. 根据同义词的替代

Venus rotates retrograde, or “backwards”, spinning in the opposite direction of its orbit around the sun.

6. 也可根据生活常识判断

The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.

7. He got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roared off into the night.

8. 也可根据构词法猜测

More recently, scientists have documented an alarmingly high occurrence of frogs with malformations.
　　词根： form 形式
　　前缀： mal，表示坏，恶，不良，不正常

其他例子：malnutrition    maladjustive

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