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《措辭的用法diction》由會員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、EnglishwritingDictionWhat?dictionthechoiceanduseofwordsinwritingorspeechWhy?Thedifferencebetweentherightwordandthealmost-rightwordisasgreatasthatbetweenlightningandthelightningbug.“用詞準(zhǔn)確與用詞幾乎準(zhǔn)確，這兩者之間的差異就如閃電與螢火蟲之間的差異?！?----MarkTwainImportanceofdictionGoodEnglishme
2、ans"properwordsinproperplaces."1).Uponmyfirstcollegesclass,Iseatedmyselfattherearofthehugelecturehallandattemptedtoavoidbeingobserved.However,askinnygirlwhooccupiedtheseatimmediatelyinfrontofminetwistedaroundandgrinned.Sheproceededtoengagemeinawhisperingconversa
3、tionnumeroustimesduringthehour.Imadeadecisiontochangemylocation.comparison2).WhenIwenttomyfirstcollegeclass,Isatinthebackofthebigroomandtriednottobeseen.Butaslendergirlsittingjustinfrontofmeturnedandsmiled.Shespokesoftlywithmeseveraltimesandsmiled.Shespokesoftly
4、withmeseveraltimesduringthehour.Idecidedtochangemyseat.1.Stylisticcolorofwords(詞的語體色彩）threetypes:formalcommoncolloquialFormalwordsThereisnothingnewintherecognition,withinagivenlanguage,ofadistinctionbetweencommonusuageandusesofthelanguageformorerestrictedpurpose
5、sandoftenenough,perhapscharacteristically,moreelevatedpurposes.Themonolithic(單一的；統(tǒng)一的)natureofEnglishisnotquestionedwhenliteraryessayistslikeEmersoncontrastpeotryandcommonspeech.ThelatterisrecognizedinAmericatobethepropersubjectfortheinvestigationoflinguistswho,h
6、owever,nowshowsomeincipient(起初的)inclinationtoinvestigatepoetry,too,andothernoncasual(無關(guān)聯(lián)的)utterances(話語)iinagivenlanguage.CommonwordsWhenIwasakid,andreadingeverysciencefictionbookinthelocallibrary,Iusedtowonderexactlyhowthefuturewouldhappen.BythatIdon’tmeanwhatt
7、hefuturewouldbelike——sciencefictionalreadytoldmethat——butratherhowwe’dactuallygetthere.Sciencefictionbooksseemedtoagree,forexample,thatinthefuturetherewouldbenomoney——alltransactionswouldbemadeviaidentitycardsandcentralizedcomputers.Butthatseemeddubioustome:how,
8、Iwondered,areyougoingtogeteverybodytogiveupmoneyinthefirstplace?ColloquialWordsYouhaveyourtension.Sometimesyoucomeclosetohavinganaccident,thatupsetsyou.Youjustescapem
