【20180424话题】英语字典使用实战与思考分享Day16

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【林淑君20180424Day16词汇分享】
【同义词辨析】abnormal， uncommon， disordered

abnormal 不正常的，反常的(但并非罕见)，指行为或现象如气候的异常。
【辨析】Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
【例证】His body temperature has been abnomal for 3 days, the highest point reaching 40.5 degree centigrade.
他的体温三天来一直都不正常，最高的时候达到40.5摄氏度。(尽管身体发烧不正常，但生活中也时有发生。)

uncommon 罕见的，不平常的，指很少经历或很少见到的状况；特别的，出色的。
【辨析】If you describe something as uncommon, you mean that it does not happen often or is not often seen；
If you describe a quality, usually a good quality, as uncommon, you mean that it is unusually great in degree or amount.
【例证】Hurricanes are uncommon in England飓风在英国非常罕见。
That is uncommon instant coffee； it tastes great！那速濬咖啡质量上乘，味道好子极了。

disordered 混乱的，杂乱的；(精神或身体)有病的。
【辨析】If you describe something as disordered, you mean it is untidy and is not neatly arranged；
Someone who is mentally disordered or who has a disordered mind is mentally ill.
【例证】We couldn' t understand her disordered presentation我们听不明白她条理不清的陈述。

柯迪：
【Hannah20180424Day6词汇分享】
seize

【解词】 to take possession of, take by force; put in possession of, bestow upon
可以说某种感情或感觉seize sb., 如cramps, terror, panic, fear等

例句
Will vengeful Death now seize my life and my child’s, too?
Lisa Klein, Ophelia(2006)

Once at the gate of the house he was seized with terror.
Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth(1931)

A hysterical tenseness seized her, “This is no dream! I wish it were!”
Isaac Asimov, I, Robot(1950)

“When fear seizes,” she whispered, “change what you are doing. You are doing something wrong.”
Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves(1972)