How to expand vocabulary and improve reading skills smartly and quickly? Let's take a look. Original:
donald trump appears to get melania's name wrong as expert warns he is showing 'gross signs ofdementia
Translation: Donald Trump seems to have mistaken Melania's name, and experts warn him to show up"SeriouslyxxxxSign.
what?A political strongman, he has always joked that Biden is either dozing or walking and falling, and he has mistaken his wife's name?!
Let's deliberately not do it for nowdementiaTell everyone what I mean. Let's take a look at whether you know these important words before we talk about themdementia。
1.appear to do sth: Seem.
2.Melania: Donald Trump wife.
3.gross: gross, gross, such as gross weight, gross wage.
4.Gross here is not the familiar "general, Mao", but the derogatory term "serious", as in "a gross violation of human rights".
Let Brother Chun unveil the cup of dementia for you, did you guess right? Learn English from scratch
dementia d men noun, dementia, insanity
If you don't know dementia, how can you guess or deduce its meaning? Brother Chun teaches you two methods. Method 1: Use "contextual context + words that you know and have the same combination + knowledge accumulated in daily life".
Trump has always slammed Biden for Alzheimer's disease. Now he himself misspelled his wife's name, and it was easy for Biden to fight back. And this kind of news material that journalists like the most is to cover the United States**. Based on this, it can be guessed that dementia means dementia, insanity. Especially"gross sign of"Yes"...Serious signs"Severe signs generally refer to a disease, so it can be guessed that dementia may be a disease. If you're familiar with the word mental, you'll be able to believe your guess because dementia has it too"ment-", while mental means intellectual, mentally normal. We can be bold enough to think that dementia has something to do with spiritual intelligence. I don't necessarily guess the word "dementia" accurately, but at least it's "mentally inadequate".
This is a word that English learners rarely encounter in their daily work (they may only see it once in a certain exam in their lifetime), and it is normal not to know it, so there is no need to criticize themselves. But you have to have the ability to deduce what it means.
Method 2: Root Word Method.
dementia=de+ment+ia。ment is the root word meaning mind, intellect, i.e., spirit, intellect. Such as:mental spiritual; Thinking; Noetic. de- a negative prefix that means to lose, to negate, to without. ia-table disease suffix de-ment-ia Diseases of the Lost Mind Diseases of Mental Health Dementia Alzheimer's If you want to memorize words quickly and accurately, you can buy to learn "The Mystery of English Vocabulary". The book reveals the secrets of word structure and unlocks the key to a treasure trove of words. Let learning English words no longer by rote, but full of fun and full of fulfillment.
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