Similar words 学习同义词的方法
<p><span word="Question">Question</span></p><p><span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="meanings">meanings</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>?</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="security">security</span>?</p><p><span word="Feifei">Feifei</span>: 这个问题问得很好。为什么在英语里有那么多意思相近的单词，比如说单词 <span word="safe">safe</span> 和单词 <span word="security">security</span> 都有“安全”的意思。像这样的单词它们的含义都非常相似 – 其实说到“安全”这个词，在英语里还不止这两个单词是有这样的含义呢，请听下面的例子：</p><p><span word="<span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span>"><span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span></span></p><p><span word="Harmless">Harmless</span>, <span word="protected">protected</span>, <span word="trusted">trusted</span>, <span word="sheltered">sheltered</span>, <span word="benign">benign</span>, <span word="unscathed">unscathed</span>, <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="harm">harm</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="way">way</span>, <span word="alive">alive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="well">well</span>, <span word="undamaged">undamaged</span>, <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sound">sound</span>…</p><p><span word="Feifei">Feifei</span>: <span word="Wow">Wow</span>. 有这么多个词。那么，我们怎么来区分和使用它们呢？其实英语这门语言有着巨大的词汇量，当中的原因既有历史性也有地域性。自古以来，英国曾被好几个国家所侵略过，这些国家的语言也就从此结合到了英语里去，所以现代英语里面掺杂了不仅有日尔曼语系语言，也有斯堪的纳维亚和拉丁语的词语。在此之上，英国历史上很多周游和经商贸易也给英语带来了不少外来语。比如，英语里“代数学”这个词来自于阿拉伯语：</p><p><span word="<span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span>"><span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span></span></p><p><span word="Algebra">Algebra</span>.</p><p><span word="Feifei">Feifei</span>: 而英语里“衣裤一套的睡衣”这个词是来自印地语：</p><p><span word="<span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span>"><span word="<span word="Example">Example</span>"><span word="Example">Example</span></span></span></p><p><span word="Pyjamas">Pyjamas</span>.</p><p><span word="Feifei">Feifei</span>: 英语里形容那种防风雪、带风帽的厚夹克是从格陵兰爱斯基摩人的语言里流传过来的。</p>
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