6构词方法
例:
They overestimate the interviewee's ability and asked him many difficult questions.
在overestimate词中over-是前缀,意为“过分”。因此overestimate的词义可以猜测为“过高估计”的意思。
例:
We were told that our's was the most spacious room in the hotel. That was why we had to pay so much for it.
Spacious是由词根space(空间)+ious(形容词后缀)构成。由此我们可以猜得其大概意思为“有空间的,宽敞的”。
然而,需要指出的是,不要花费太多的时间去试图猜出所有生词确切的意思,因为有的生词只能猜出大概的意思,有的生词则根本无法猜出其意思。一般来说,碰到一、两个不会的词,无关紧要。重要的是,要弄懂整篇文章表达了什么思想。