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s 為“考古學(xué)家” teacher did not hear the knocking at the door because he was pletely engrossed in his reading. 以因果關(guān)系為線索 , 可確定 engrossed的意思為“被吸引” , “全神貫注”。 am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won39。t give it up easily. 通過第二句 , 可推出 resolute的意思是 堅定的 。 二 . 利用文中的舉例猜測詞義。 常見的舉例的提示詞有: for example, such as , for instance 等。 artists plan their paintings around geometric forms like squares, circles and triangles. 如不知道 geometric forms的意思 , 可從文中所列舉的三角形、正方形、圓形來猜得其意義為“幾何圖形” 。 young couples who are just starting their households often spend lots of their money on appliances, for instance, washingmachines, refrigerators and color televisions. 如不知道 appliances的意思 , 從文中的舉例 washingmachines, refrigerators, color televisions可以猜出該詞的意思為“家用電器”。 were disastrous fires in some cities, such as the great fire of London in 1666. such as 列舉出如 1666年倫敦大火一類“災(zāi)難性”(即 disastrous)的火災(zāi)。 4. The government promises to give millions of deprived black the essentials in life housing, education, health facilities, and job opportunities. 可猜出 essentials是“必需品”。 三 . 利用文中說明詞義的同位語或定語 , 猜測詞義。 was a roamer, a wanderer who could never stay in one place. roamer是生詞 , 但 wanderer是由我們所熟悉的 wander變化而來的名詞 , 那可以推出的意思是“流浪漢” 。 is the race course, where the town39。s most famous car race is held each year on May 30th. 以 where引導(dǎo)的定語從句為依據(jù) , course應(yīng)是汽車賽舉行的地點(diǎn) , 所以排除“過程” , “課程” , “航向” , 而要定義為“跑道”。 will be on the night shift from midnight to 6 . next week. 由破折號之間的解釋內(nèi)容 , 我們可以了解到 night shift意思為“夜班”。 sports, especially athletics, success is often prevented by psychological obstacles, that is, barriers that exist in the mind only. that is后面的內(nèi)容解釋說明了 psychological obstacles為“心理障礙”。 四 . 利用文中的反義詞猜測詞義。 表示對比的詞有 but, while, however, otherwise 等。 businessmen expect employees to be punctual. They do not expect that the workers will e late. 文中 be , 可理解為 not e late, 即 準(zhǔn)時 , 不遲到