*pun
n. 双关语
*metaphorical
adj. 比喻的,隐喻的
【例】The English edition therefore becomes a metaphorical bridge towards inter-national institutions, private committees and individual citizens.
**succinct
adj. 简明的,简洁的(terse; concise)
*symbolize
vt. 象征
【例】Lighter blue may symbolize hope, healing and a high level of spiritual awareness.
*cogent
adj. 强有力的,有说服力的(convincing; compelling)
【例】The defense attorney’s cogent argument was persuasive.
*linguistic
adj. 语言的(of language)
【记】lingu(语言)+istic→语言的
**jargon
n. 暗语(confused language);术语,行话(the technical terminology)
【记】jar(大罐)+go(走)+(on)(在…上)→大罐走在上面→暗语
*personification
n. 典型;化身;完美榜样(a perfect example; embodiment; incarnation)
【例】Obviously, this man is the personification of evil.
*dialect
n. 方言,土语(vernacular; jargon)
【记】dia+lect(说)→方言
【例】John’s Southern dialect is hard for me to understand.
*maxim
n. 格言,箴言(proverb; motto)
【记】比较:maximum(最大值)→minimum(最小值)
**nomenclature
n. 名称,术语,专业名词(terminology; system of names)
【例】She struggled to master scientific nomenclature.
*simile
n. 明喻(comparison of one thing with another)
【记】simil(相类似的)+e→把相类似的事物进行比较→明喻
*acronym
n. 首字母缩略词
【记】acro(高)+nym(名称)→把高出小写字母的大写字母放在一起,如GRE,TOEFL,USA→首字母缩略词
*euphemism
n. 婉言,委婉的说法
【记】eu(好)+phem(出现)+ism→以好的语言出现→委婉的说法
*fiction
n. 小说
【记】fict(做)+ion→做出的故事→小说
***rhetoric
n. 修辞;修辞学;浮夸的言语(insincere or grandiloquent language)
【记】来自Rhetor(古希腊的修辞学教师,演说家)
*fable
n. 寓言,传说(allegory)
【例】Many fables were first told by an old Greek story-teller named Aesop.
*excerpt
n. 摘录(selection; extract)
【例】The actor auditioned by performing an excerpt from the play.
*palindrome
n. 回文(正读反读皆同的词,如madam)
*paradox
n. 似非而是的隽语,看似矛盾而实际(或可能)正确的说法(statement that seems to be absurd or contradictory but is or may be true)
【例】“More haste, less speed” is a well-known paradox.
*tag
n. 附加语;标签(label; tab)
*circumlocution
n. 迂回累赘的陈述,婉转曲折的说法,遁词(a roundabout, lengthy way of expressing sth.)
【记】circum(绕圈)+locu(说话)+tion→说话绕圈子→迂回累赘的陈述
【反】succinctness(n. 简洁)
【派】circumlocutory(adj. 迂回累赘的)
*lexis
n. 词汇,词语(vocabulary)
adapt
vt. 改编,改写(to revise; amend)
**articulate
v. 清晰地说(话)、发(音)(to express clearly)
【派】articulation(n. 清晰说话、发音)
**compile
vt. 汇编,编纂(to collect; put together)
【记】com(共同)+pile(堆)→将资料堆在一起→汇编
【例】The scientists compiled a great amount of data to help develop their theory.
*abridge
vt. 缩短,删节(to shorten; condense; abbreviate)
【记】a(使)+bridge(桥)→桥使路程变短→缩短
【例】This book might be more readable if the obscure parts in it is abridged.
*paraphrase
vt. 意译,改写,转述(to rewrite)
【记】para(旁边)+phrase(词句)→在旁边用不同的词写→改写
【例】Would you please paraphrase the speech in colloquial English?
*orthographical
adj. 拼字正确的
*neuter
adj. (指词)中性的(of a word neither masculine nor feminine in gender)
【例】a neuter noun
*unpersuasive
adj. 无说服力的(lame)
【例】Even as I made the argument, I knew that it was unpersuasive.
*vernacular
n. 本国语;地方语(dialect)
*syncopate
vt. 词中省略,省去(中间字母或音节)
prehistoric
adj. 史前的(of a time before recorded history)
【记】pre(前)+historic(历史的)→史前的