猜测词义类阅读专题：猜测词义类一、猜测词义类猜测词义题是从特定的角度考查考生的阅读理解能力和处理生词的能力。猜测词义包括对词、词组和句意的理解，是高考英语试题阅读理解中的一类必考题。二、解题技巧1、根据定义（definition）猜测词义定义或释义关系常由定语从句或由同位语（从句）或破折号或信号词：is, or，that is (to say), in other words, be called，be known as, refer to, mean, represent, be defined as 等来表示。① Sanctuaries are places where it is against the law to hunt birds and animals. （禁猎区）② It will be very hard but very brittle - ---that is, it will break easily. （易碎的，脆的）2、根据对比和转折关系猜测词义利用文中的反义词以及表对比关系的词（组）猜测词义。表对比关系的信号词：but, while, however, instead of , rather than , unlike, yet, otherwise, though , on one hand…on the other hand, for one thing… for another, on the contrary, in contrast to 等。① John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things；his wife, however, is very thrifty .（节俭的）② Though his face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby. （污秽的）3、根据同等关系猜测词义同等关系，指的是一个词，一组词或短语在句中作同一成分，而且它们的词义都属于同一范畴。这样的词组或短语中间常常用并列连词 and 或 or 来连接。① At forty-two he was in his prime and always full of energy. （盛年时期）② It is difficult to believe that there are people who like to destroy or spoil beautiful things.（破坏、毁坏）4、根据因果关系猜测词义从原因推测结果，从结果推测原因。常用关联词：because，as，since，for，so，thus，as a result，so, so … that, such … that, therefore 等。① She did not hear what you said because she was completely engrossed in her reading.（全神贯注地）② The river is so turbid that it is impossible to see the bottom even when it is shallow.（浑浊）5、根据文中的举例来猜测词义某些冷僻的词...
