How to Use the Dictionary?

When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. What's the best way to know it?

You may look it up in an English-Chinese Dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word, the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you find it in the dictionai'y both quickly and correctly7 First, all the English words are arranged in the'alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E,... That means, if there are two,words "desert" and "pull", "desert" will be certainly before "pull". Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may lo0k at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth, ... For example,"pardon" is before "plough", "judge" before "just",etc.

Do you understand how to look up a word in dictionary?

The dictionary will be your: good friend. I hope you'll use it as often as possible in your English learning.

怎样使用词典?

在阅读英语材料时，你也许经常遇到生词，认识它的最佳方法是什么呢?

你可以查英汉词典，它会告诉你单词的读音、词性、汉语意思以及用法。可是怎样才能迅速无误地在词典中查到它呢?首先，所有的英语单词都是按照字母顺序排列的。在词典中，你首先看到以字母A开头的单词，接着是以B、C、D、E等开头的单词。这就是说，如果有两个单词“desert”和“pur，“desert”一定在“pull”的前面。其次，如果有两个单词以同一个字母开头，你可以看第二个字母，接着是第三个、第四个，以此类推。例如，“pardon”在“plough’’的前面，“judge”在“just”的前面，等等。

你现在会查词典了吗?

词典会成为你的好朋友，希望你在英语学习过程中要尽量经常地使用它.

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