英语COLLOCATION

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Feature deletion can also be applied to verbs. e.g.
such verbs as kill yields die, teach yields learn, feed yields eat, show yields see, etc. The deletion of the feature [+Volitive] from the verb listen yields hear, look yields see respectively. It should be noted that feature-deletion takes precedence over feature-additon.
Other frequent single-feature contrasts include:
B. The Feature-deletion and Feature-addition Rules
These are rules that either delete features from, or add features to, the end of the feature list. e.g. Deletion of features generally produces superordinates, like fruit from apple, Addition of features produces subordinates, like apple from fruit.
• On the lexical level, paradigmatic contrasts indicate which words

(3)
误：Because the kids thought their wages were too low.
改为：Because the kids thought their wages were too low, they demanded a high pay. (4) 误：The best place to study linguistics. In my opinion it is not MIT but Stanford. 改为：In my opinion, the best place to study linguistics is not MIT but Stanford.
6. 溶和句／不间断句(Run-on Sentences) 什么叫run-on sentence? 既把两个或多个独立的句 子连在一起，既无标点符号断开，有无恰当的连接 词连接，或两个完全独立的句子只用逗号或不恰当 的连接词连在一起，读了令人费解。 （1）误：There are many ways we get to know the outside world. 改为：There are many ways for us to learn about the outside world. 或改为：There are many ways through which we can become acquainted with the outside world (2) 误：Students should be careful of punctuation trouble will result if they are careless. 改为： Students should be careful of punctuation, otherwise trouble will result.

Pretty and handsome share common ground in the meaning "good-looking", but may be distinguished by the range of nouns with which they are likely to cooccur.
“Pretty and handsome” share common ground in the meaning "goodlooking", but may be distinguished by the range of nouns with which they are likely to co-occur.
*Mary is very able to give the lecture. Mary is really (quite, perfectly, well, totally) able to give the lecture.
Leech’s collocative theory is a waste basket theory in the sense that when the combination of words cannot be explained, it will be thrown into the waste basket.
pretty
Girl boy woman flower garden colour village etc.
handsome
boy man car vessel overcoat airliner typewriter
etc.
Then he points out： “The ranges may well overlap: handsome woman and pretty woman are both acceptable, although they suggest a different kind of attractiveness because of the collocative associations of the two adjectives.”

英语语法与词汇详解英语基础写作中词语的意义词语的意义与汉语一样，英语中的词语也有不同意义的表达功能。

写作时，作者应根据文章的题材、读者对象，以及写作目的等来选择合适的词语。

①词的本义（Denotation）即词语的基本意义，指词语字面的含义，用来表示客观的、中性的表达。

②词的转义（Connotation）指词语的引申义，一般带有联想和感情色彩->例句1：The girl is thin\slender\skinny.->解析句子：thin表示“瘦的”是中性词，属于词的本义；slender和skinny则分别含有褒、贬的引申义，可分别翻译为“苗条的”和“皮包骨的”。

①在英语中，有的词语用来表示具体性（Specification）的概念，有的表示概括性（Generality）的概念。

②使用具体性的词语可以得到具体形象的表达效果，使用概括性的词语可以得到概括抽象的表达效果。

->例：He is a good boy.He is a(n) kind\honest\just\generous\brave\warm-hearted\selfless boy.->例句中的good是概括性的词，kind等词是具体性的词。

写作中应根据写作需要予以选择使用。

①搭配（Collocation）指英语词语中，某些词经常放在一起使用，表达一定的词义，是一种固定的、约定俗成的用法习惯。

-> Would you like a cup of black tea?->例句中的black tea指的是红茶，是英语词语搭配习惯，不能写成red tea，导致误解。

词义的搭配中也包含习语（Idioms）和短语（Phrases）的搭配。

①英语中的同义词（Synonym）、近义词（Homoionym）以及反义词（Antonym）都很多，使用时要认真对比，找出其在含义和感情色彩上的不同，选择能够确切表达思想的词语用于写作当中。