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vocabulary

辭彙/辭彙表

words and phrases / glossary, word list

the body of words used in a particular language.

prescriptive

adj. 規定的, 慣例的

of or relating to the imposition or enforcement of a rule of method.

These guidlines are not intended to be prescriptive.

prescribe

v. 規定/ 配藥

(of a medical paratitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing.

Dr. Greene prescribed magnesium sulfate.

descriptive

adj. 描述的, 敘述的

serving or seeking to describe.

illustrative, expressive

This book is primarily a descriptive work, seeking to provide detail about a specific historical missionary activity.

native

adj. 本地的

associated with the country, region, or circumstances of a person's birth.

He is a native New Yoker.

n. 本地人

a person born in a specific place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.

a native of Montreal

native speaker

*母語使用者

a person who has spoken the language in question from earliest childhood

native speakers of English

Arabic

adj,阿拉伯人的/阿拉伯的

of or relating to the literature of language of Arab people

The influence of what was produced in that hundred years has left its imprint on Arabic poetry and literature for all times.

n, 阿拉伯語/ 阿拉伯文

the Semitic language of the Arabs .

Dressed in a white forensic suit, he spoke in Arabic through an interpreter to confirm his name.

fluent

(of a person) able to express oneself easily and articulately.

A fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects.

phonetic

音標的

adj, of or relating to speech sounds.

International Phonetic Alphabet

I.P.A 國際音標(萬國音標)

syllable

音節

a unit of pronuciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.

vowel

母音

whenever

adv. 每當

used for emphasis instead of "when" in question, typically expressing surprise or confusion.

Whenever shall we get there?

another example:

Whenever an object needs to be iterated (such as at the beginning of a for..of loop), its @@iterator method is called with no arguments, and the returned iterator is used to obtain the values to be iterated.

連接詞. 無論何時

at whatever time, on whatever occation(emphasizing a lack of restriction)

you can ask for help whenever you need it.

如何學習字彙

進階用prescriptive dictionary, 新手用 descriptive dictionary.

Learning vocabulary is

  1. know when you see it
  2. know whrn you hear it
  3. know how to say it
  4. understand what it means.

每天練習的方法:

  1. 字典查找字彙後, 觀察其上下的單字,主要理解其 prefix, prefix有特定意義
  2. 隨機翻找3個單字, 嘗試用這3個單字造句。

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