时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   Dictionaries range broadly in purpose, size, and price; and choosing one is a very personal decision. The best advice is to make note of the things you and your family look up in a dictionary over a few weeks' time, and then go to a comprehensive bookstore to make the choice. Here are a few things to look for in making your selection.


  Size
  Big, complete (unabridged) dictionaries are expensive and take a lot of room in your office or home. They are also difficult for children to use because they are bulky, and it takes longer to look something up because new readers' alphabetizing skills are incomplete. An unabridged dictionary on the coffee table might impress your friends; but unless you use a dictionary on a daily basis, it probably is not a good buy. Perhaps you should look at smaller "college" dictionaries.
  Pronunciation guide
  Many people use a dictionary to help them pronounce new words. (One caller to the hot line saw an "etagere" advertised for sale, knew what it was and wanted one, but didn't want to call the seller without knowing how to pronounce the word.)
  The pronunciation guide should be complete but not contain a lot of unfamiliar 1 symbols that require continual cross-checking--especially with the vowels 3. The English vowel 2 system is complex because we use one letter to spell many different sounds. For example, the letter A has three different sounds in the words at, age, and art. The job for the dictionary makers 4 is to find three common symbols to represent the different pronunciations.
  Examples
  Sample sentences showing common uses of words are very helpful, both in clarifying the meaning and helping 5 the reader remember the word. The words in the sentences should not be any more difficult than the target word, however, or the reader is sent off on a frustrating 6 chase through the dictionary. In the words of technology, "A good dictionary should be user-friendly."
  Usage Notes
  Many dictionaries comment on the usage of words in different types of situations. Many of the old dictionaries contained only the standard accepted usages. "Ain't" was not to be found and teachers could correct their charges by saying, "Ain't isn't in the dictionary." Imagine the teachers' dismay when dictionaries started including such forms! The dictionaries do comment on the usage--non-standard, colloquial 7, regionalism are some of the terms used to let readers make their own decisions as to whether they want to use the term.
  One final comment--forms of speech change much more rapidly than written forms; and many spoken items never make it to the written language (slang, for example). For this reason, you will need to buy several dictionaries during your reading life. Find one that you like, and consider its new editions when it's time for a new one.

adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
n.元音;元音字母
  • A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
  • The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
n.元音,元音字母( vowel的名词复数 )
  • Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r. 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.口语的,会话的
  • It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
  • They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。
标签: dictionary
学英语单词
anemia of infection
annulate lamella(swift 1956)
arraught
at any instant
automatic iron
back of head
Bennett('s) Comet
besayles
bonus fund
botana
car row
centre around
cephalic groove
chemical consequence
clangours
Climatius
collar brace
condo hotel
control rod clearance
cramming school
cut the ground from under sb.'s feet
cycle load
dedi
dejagging
directed pressure
double glide plane
eartha
educable mentally retarded(emr)
El Morocco
encephalartos caffer lehm
erasing attenuation
Euonymus lucidus
exploitable girth
fenchanol
Fourler-Stieltjes series
foxy batch
freddys
Fyresdal
gate spool
gauche
go to school
gram - positive bacteria
high-speed drill
human worth and dignity
hydroscope
hygrobiella japonica steph.
illustrated price list
in times to come
inferior rectal vein
irregular accent
Iruma
laser-cut
lattice contraction
Mam'selle
mormonilla minor
multi-bucket excavator
Nassian
needle machine
netpicking
non-sugars
Nowak
occupational-pensions
oceanic ridge
oxidation by air
oxybenzylpenicillin
parabolic antenna
Parechovirus
pasar
Petryaksy
physiographic feature
pioneer crop
play the electronic guitar
pleuroperitoneal duct
profusest
radiation insult
re-forming
red algae
referable
rescheduling of payment
ring compressor
saleets
salute
sargocentron cornutum
screw current meter
secondary nucleus
SP-G
specific audit objective
sterna (pl. of sternum)
Sudetenland
Temminck's tragopan
to chillax
to hoist
triclinic symmetry
tubing hanger alignment slot
two-volume
uranium sodium acetate
variable directional coupler
vertical trade
vomer bones
wave absorption
X time
yanz