polysemy

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Polysemy 指一个单词具有多个相关含义的语言现象,是语言学中研究词汇多义性的重要概念。

用法要点

句型搭配

Polysemy 通常作为名词使用,常见于学术讨论或语言学习中,用于描述词汇的多义特性。

• The concept of polysemy
• Examples of polysemy
• Study polysemy in linguistics

介词用法

Polysemy 常与介词 of 连用,表示所属关系;也可与 in 搭配,表示在某个领域中的多义现象。

• Polysemy of the word 'bank'
• Polysemy in English vocabulary
• Research on polysemy

语域说明

Polysemy 属于学术和正式用语,多出现在语言学教材、研究论文和专业讨论中,日常对话中较少使用。

• Linguistic analysis of polysemy
• Polysemy in semantic studies
• Academic papers on polysemy

基础例句

The word 'bank' shows polysemy because it can mean a financial institution or the side of a river.

单词'bank'体现了一词多义现象,因为它既可以指金融机构,也可以表示河岸。

In our English class, the teacher explained polysemy using the example of 'light'.

在英语课上,老师用'light'的例子解释了一词多义现象。

Understanding polysemy helps language learners grasp how words can have multiple meanings.

理解一词多义现象有助于语言学习者掌握单词如何具有多种含义。

高级例句

The research paper examines polysemy in technical terminology and its impact on specialized communication.

这篇研究论文探讨了技术术语中的一词多义现象及其对专业交流的影响。

In computational linguistics, resolving polysemy is crucial for improving machine translation accuracy.

在计算语言学中,解决一词多义问题对于提高机器翻译的准确性至关重要。

The conference presentation analyzed how polysemy affects legal document interpretation in international contracts.

会议报告分析了一词多义现象如何影响国际合同中法律文件的解释。

高频搭配

verb

study polysemyexplain polysemyanalyze polysemydemonstrate polysemyillustrate polysemy

adjective

linguistic polysemysemantic polysemylexical polysemycommon polysemycomplex polysemy

noun

concept of polysemyexample of polysemystudy of polysemyphenomenon of polysemyanalysis of polysemy

phrase

deal with polysemyaccount for polysemyresult from polysemygive rise to polysemylead to polysemy

常见错误

❌ 错误:This word has many polysemy.
✓ 正确:This word exhibits polysemy.

Polysemy 是不可数名词,表示"一词多义现象"这个概念本身,不能与 many 等表示数量的词连用。正确用法是使用 exhibits/shows/demonstrates 等动词。

❌ 错误:Polysemy means a word has different meanings.
✓ 正确:Polysemy refers to the phenomenon where a word has multiple related meanings.

中文学习者常将 polysemy 简单理解为"一词多义",但准确来说它特指"一词多义现象"这个语言学概念。建议使用 refer to 或 is the phenomenon of 等更准确的表达。

近义词辨析

homonymy

Homonymy 指拼写或发音相同但意义无关的词语(如 bank'银行'和 bank'河岸'),而 polysemy 指同一词语具有多个相关意义(如 head'头部'和 head'领导')。

'Bat' (animal) and 'bat' (sports equipment) show homonymy, while 'crane' (bird) and 'crane' (machine) demonstrate polysemy.

ambiguity

Ambiguity 是更广义的"歧义",可指句法、语义或语用上的不明确;polysemy 特指词汇层面的多义现象,是造成语义歧义的原因之一。

Lexical ambiguity often arises from polysemy, as seen in sentences like 'I went to the bank'.