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It will be very hard but also very brittle...that is, it will break easily. 从后面的解释中我们可以了解到brittle 是“脆”的意思。
b. 同位法
They traveled a long way, at last got to a castle, a large building in old times. 同位语部分a large building in old times 给出了 castle 的确切词义,即“城堡”。
c. 对比法
She is usually prompt for all her class, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class. but一词表转折,因此but 前后的意思正相反。后半句的意思是她今天“第一节上了一半才来”,因此反向推理,可得出她平时一向“准时”的结论。
d. 构词法(前缀、后缀、复合、派生等)
Perhaps, we can see some possibilities for next fifty years. possibility 是 possible 的同根名词, 据此可以断定 possibility 意思是“可能性”。
e. 因果法
The lack of movement caused the muscles to weaken. Sometimes the weakness was permanent. So the player could never play the sport again. 从后面的结果“永远不能再运动”中,可以推测 permanent 的意思为“永远的,永久的”。