雅思阅读生词,无疑是同学们获得阅读高分的Z大障碍,怎样攻克生词呢,下面小编为大家介绍几种猜测单词词义的方法。
一、利用上下文线索猜测词义。
1.根据同义、反义关系猜词。
Today's teenagers seem to be more liberal in their ideas than their _______ grandparents.
A.freethinking B.traditional C.old D.happy
traditional与liberal意思相反,故选B。
2.根据句意或段落文章的上、下文猜测词义。
Klebold and Harris felt _______ and wanted to revenge against those who disliked playing together with them or laughed at them.
A.discouraged B.ashamed C.tired D.separated
根据下文的disliked playing together with them判断此处应为"感到孤立",故选D。
二、利用构词法猜测词义。
此法包括利用前、后缀及合成词猜测词义。
1.用前、后缀猜测词义。
英语中的前缀、后缀构词颇多,且特定的"缀"往往表示特定的含义,把握住这一点,可起到"以不变应万变"的效果。
1)He had been overworking and fell ill at last.
overwork是由前缀over-加动词构成,over有"超过,过于"之意,overwork意思是"工作过多,劳累过度"。再如,overburden负担过重,overcharge要价过高,overdo做得过分。
英语中常用的前缀还有:
mis-错,误:misfortune不幸;mislead误导;mismanage处理不当
mid-中央:midnight半夜;midway半路
under-低于:underdone半生不熟的;underestimate低估
anti-反对:antibody抗体;anticyclone反气旋;antifreeze防冻剂
下面划线单词为常见后缀派生词:
1)You must stop dreaming and face reality.(-ty为名词的标志)
2)The country is trying to popularize education.(-ize为及物动词的标志,再如realize,modernize)
2.利用合成词猜测词义。
Family members take turns choosing a special activity for the evening,and everyone partakes in for fun.
根据短语构成及上下文意思看,此处partakes in相当于takes part in。
再如break out-outbreak(名词"爆发"),set out-outset(名词"起始"),come in-income(名词"收入")