| 1. | " current " has the most restricted and neutral meanings .
“Current”的词义最狭窄，最中性。 |
| 2. | " acceptation " is the most general , used of everyday situations .
“acception”词义最笼统，可用于日常各种情况 |
| 3. | Here, taken from the press on the same day, are two instances of this reversal of sense .
下述是从同一天报刊选出的两个有关这个反常的词义的例子。 |
| 4. | This dictionary gives the meanings of words and also illustrates the constructions they can be used in .
本词典提供词义解释，并举例说明遣词造句的方法。 |
| 5. | There is a branch of the science of linguistics known as semantics which is connect with the meaning of words .
语言学中有个分支，叫语义学，主要研究词义。 |
| 6. | " large " and " great " are very similar in meaning when used with amount , quantity and number .
“large”和“great”用于指数额、数量或数目时词义非常接近。 |
| 7. | Here, of course, the american model has not introduced a new word or destroyed the meaning of an old one .
当然，这里美国的做法不是引进一个新词或取消一个旧词的词义。 |
| 8. | " fairly " is the strongest and most informal , but their effect is very much influenced by intonation .
“fairly”词义最强，也最通俗，但词义的强弱受语调的影响很大。 |
| 9. | It was a purely disinterested operation in the strictest sense of the term, and offered not the slightest chance of profit .
从精确的词义上说，这是一项无利可图的工作，没有带来任何利益的机会。 |
| 10. | For obvious reasons it is safe to assume that its transfer to the british vocabulary in this meaning has taken place by way of the cinema .
显然可以推测，该词义系通过电影的途径进入英国语汇的。 |
