二、根据进一步阐述猜测词义
虽然进一步阐述不如定义那样严谨、详细,但是提供的信息足以使我们猜出生词的词义。复述部分可以是适当的词,短语或者句子。例如 Expertsinkinesics, in their study of body motion as related to speech ,hope todiscovernew methods of communicatio ns. 逗号中短语的意思是 “ 对肢体语言进行研究的学科 ” 。短语与前面生词kinesics是同位关系,因此我们不难猜出 kinesics 指 “ 肢体语言学 ” 。在这种复述当中,构成同位关系的两部分之间多用逗号连接,有时也使用破折号,冒号,分号,引号,和括号等。另外同位语前还常有 or, similarly, that istosay, in other words, namely, or other, 等副词或短语出现。另外一种会以定语从句的形式出现如从句Obesity,which is a medical disorder that affects approximately 20-30% of thepopulationof the United States of America. It is an excessive accumulation ofbody fatthat results from the storage of excess food energy calories in thebody's fatcells. 根据生词 obesity 后面的非限制性定语从句 which is a medical disorder thataffectsapproximately 20-30% of the population of the United States of America.It is anexcessive accumulation of body fat that results from the storage ofexcess foodenergy calories in the body's fat cells. 我们可以推断出 obesity 的含义,即 “ 过度肥胖” 。