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3）根據(jù)舉例猜測詞義
恰當?shù)呐e例能夠提供猜測生詞的重要線索。
如：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“戰(zhàn)爭”和“重大科學發(fā)現(xiàn)”是生詞的實例，通過它們我們可以猜出epochal的 大致詞義“重要的”，這與其確切含義“劃時代的”十分接近。
4）內在邏輯關系
根據(jù)內在邏輯關系推測詞義是指運用語言知識分析和判斷相關信息之間存在的邏輯關系,然后根據(jù)邏輯關系推斷生詞詞義或大致義域。
5）根據(jù)對比關系猜測詞義
在一個句子或段落中，有對兩個事物或現(xiàn)象進行對比性的描述，我們可以根據(jù)生詞或難詞的反義詞猜測其詞義。表示對比關系的詞匯和短語主要是although, but, despite, however, not, unlike, in spite of, in contrast和while引導的并列句等。
例如：Andrew is one of the most supercilious men I know. His brother, in contrast, is quite humble and modest.
該例中supercilious對許多人來說可能是個生詞，但是句中短語in contrast，（相對照的，相對比的）可以提示我們supercilious和后面詞組humble and modest（謙卑又謙虛）是對比關系。分析出這種關系后，我們便能猜出supercilious意為“目空一切的，傲慢的”。
A good supervisor can recognize instantly the adept workers from the unskilled ones.
該句中并未出現(xiàn)上面提到的表示對比關系的詞或短語，但是通過上下文可以判斷出句子前后是對比關系，即把熟練工人與非熟練工人區(qū)分開。這時我們也能夠推斷出生詞 adept的詞義“熟練的”。
6）根據(jù)比較關系猜測詞義
同對比關系相反，比較關系表示意義上的相似關系。
例如： Green loves to talk, and his brothers are similarly loquacious.
該句中副詞similarly表明短語loves to talk與生詞loquacious之間的比較關系。以此可以推斷出 loquacious詞義為“健談的”。 表示比較關系的詞和短語主要是similarly, like, just as, also等。
7）根據(jù)因果關系猜測詞義
在句子或段落種，若兩個事物、現(xiàn)象之間構成因果關系，我們可以根據(jù)這種邏輯關系推知生詞詞義。
例如：Tom is considered an autocratic administrator because he makes decisions without seeking the opinions of others.
根據(jù)原因狀語從句的內容，我們可以推斷出生詞autocratic指“獨斷專行的”。
There were so many demonstrators in the Red Square that he had to elbow his way through the crowd.
此句為結果狀語從句。根據(jù)從句的描書“許多示威者”我們便可推知elbow的詞義為“擠，擠過”。
8）根據(jù)同義詞的替代關系猜測詞義
在句子或段落中，我們可以利用熟悉的詞語，根據(jù)語言環(huán)境推斷生詞詞義。
例如：
Just before the exam Carl's hands shook and sweated so much that he could not hold a pen. His heart beat fast and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He really had a strange phobia about taking test.
有些學生也曾有上文中所表述的考試時是緊張狀態(tài)，所以很容易就能猜出“phobia”指“恐懼癥”。
