How to Use the Dictionary?

When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. What's the best way to know it?

You may look it up in an English-Chinese Dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word, the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.

But how can you find it in the dictionai'y both quickly and correctly7 First, all the English words are arranged in the＇alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E,... That means, if there are two,words "desert" and "pull", "desert" will be certainly before "pull". Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may lo0k at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth, ... For example,"pardon" is before "plough", "judge" before "just",etc.

Do you understand how to look up a word in dictionary?

The dictionary will be your: good friend. I hope you'll use it as often as possible in your English learning.

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如何使用字典？

当你读英语的时候，你可能会遇到一个新单词。最好的方法是什么？

你可以看一本英汉词典。它会告诉你很多关于单词，发音，部分的讲话，中文意思以及如何使用这个词。

但是你怎么能在词典中查得快呢首先发现它，所有的英语单词的字母顺序排列。在字典里，你可以先看一看开头的单词，然后是乙，丙，丁，丁，...这意味着，如果有2个，话"沙漠"和"拉"，"沙漠"肯定会在"拉"。如果有两个单词都以相同的字母开头，你可以看第二个字母。第三，第四，...例如，"赦免"是在"犁"之前，"法官"之前"才"等。

你知道在字典里查一个单词吗？

这本字典是你的好朋友。我希望你在英语学习中尽可能使用它。