When the officer surrendered, the others gave up too.
(2)对照:
At the beach, some parts are deep, and others are shallow.
(3)比喻:
Rhythmic speech or writing is like waves of the sea, moving onward with alternating rise and fall.
(4)定义:
Linguistics is the study of the way in which language works.
(5)重述:
Professor Wilson's approach to research is eclectic. He learns all the currently relevant theories and then tries to combine the best features of each theory.
(6)逻辑推理:
I gripped the wheel as hard as I could with both hands and began to turn it.
逻辑连接词也能帮助我们推断词义。请看例证,你能确定划线词的含义吗?
(1)重述关系。这类连接词有:similarly, that is, in other words, for example, likewise等。
They seemed to have problem with directionality. In other words, they got lost.
(2)对照关系。这类连接词有:but, in spite of, on the contrary, whereas, paradoxically等。
The questions were civil enough in form, but Ms Taylor thought she could detect a hidden malice.
(3)因果关系。这类连接词有:so, therefore, hence等。
Ian had not cleaned his car for over two months so it was filthy.
有时,标点符号也起着解释词义的作用。请看下例:
The disease is not contagious: you can't catch it by touching somebody.