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有没有高手出手制作这本书呢？应该是Use the Right Word 的改进版
This unique blend of thesaurus, dictionary, and manual of English usage defines, compares, and contrasts words of similar but not identical meaning--such as "infer" and "imply". More than 6,000 synonyms are included. "Recommended."-- Booklist.
全书共有1000个词条，6000个单词。这些词汇多为日常使用频率较高的单词,鲜有生癖。词条的解释直白易懂，这点不同于很多母语辞书，尤为可贵。最宝贵之处在于对近义词的比较与比照，可以用透彻二字形容，兹为一例：(单词“河流、小溪”的比较,注意字母大写部分。）
stream/brook/creek/rill/river
These nouns are comparable in denoting a body of water flowing in a watercourse or channel.
Stream,THE MOST GENERAL,embraces all the others in its meaning.
A rill is a TINY stream,the SMALLEST of those under discussion.
A creek is a stream that is LARGER than a brook and usually FLOWS THROUGH A VALLEY.
A brook is usually a PRIMARY stream EMERGING FROM A SPRING.
A river is a LARGE stream of water that DISCHARGES INTO A LARGER body of water,such as the ocean,a lake,or another river.
请问上述解释何尝不是直白，比较怎能不为透彻。至少我明白了这几个可能英语老师一生都不会告诉你区别的词条。这还没完，作者很贴心的又提醒，只有stream/river在文学写作中有比喻的作用，例如“人流/a stream of people”及“血流成河/rivers of blood".其余词汇则只有本意可循。
本人查阅到此,眼中已“暖暖内含光”了。
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发表于 2017-1-11 12:37:07
发表于 2017-1-11 15:57:22
