简介:首先请看几个例句:a.IfIhaveseenfurtherthanmostmenitisbystandingontheshouldersofgiants.(IssacNewton)b.IfIamajanitoritiseitherbecauseIhavetobeajanitororIwanttobeajanitor.(J.A.Mcpherson,'GoldCoast',1968)c.ButifhewaseverhappyitwasinthesefirsttenyearsinVienna,whenhewasgraduallyestablishing
简介:褒与贬是两种明显对立的概念,在褒贬意义的表达上,英语中不乏一些语义色彩分明的表现手段,比如能使表达产生反差效果的单项语义对立形式:good-bad,famous-notorious,fame-notoriety,childlike-childish等,能使描述获得细腻表现效果的多项对立形式:slenderslimlean-skinnygauntlankyscrawny,plumpstoutprotlychubby-fatfleshylumpishobese等等。这些形式中的贬义词一般都具有较稳定的性质,极少因受语境的影响而发生语义上的变化,而某些褒义词则不然,它们通常虽然也具有稳定的意义,但