1system of communication交際系統ADJECTIVE | VERB + LANGUAGE | LANGUAGE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤first, native母語;本族語◇She grew up in Mexico, so her first language is Spanish.她在墨西哥長大,因此第一語言是西班牙語。➤foreign, second外語;第二語言◇How many foreign languages does she speak?她會講幾種外語?◇the teaching of English as a second language作為第二語言的英語教學➤original原語◇Most local cinemas show films in the original language, with German subtitles.多數當地影院放映配有德語字幕的原版電影。➤source, target (bothtechnical術語) 源語;目的語▸➤ancient, classical, dead古代語言;古典語言;死語言◇Latin is a dead language.拉丁語是一種死語言。➤modern現代語言▸➤common, shared共同語言▸➤indigenous, local本地/當地語言▸➤official官方語言◇Belgium has two official languages.比利時有兩種官方語言。➤national民族語言◇Portuguese is the national language of Brazil.葡萄牙語是巴西的國語。➤dominant優勢語言▸➤international, universal國際/通用語言▸➤minority少數民族語言◇Some minority languages are dying out.一些少數民族語言正在消亡。➤natural自然語言◇Computers will never be able to understand natural language.計算機永遠不能理解自然語言。➤strange, unknown陌生的/未知的語言◇manuscripts written in an unknown language以一種未知語言寫成的手稿➤computer, programming計算機/編程語言VERB + LANGUAGE➤speak說語言▸➤know, understand懂語言;理解語言▸➤use使用語言▸➤learn, study學習語言➤teach教語言▸➤master掌握語言LANGUAGE + NOUN➤acquisition, development, learning語言習得/發展/學習◇new methods of language learning語言學習的新方法➤course, lesson語言課程;語言課➤skill語言技能➤barrier語言障礙PHRASES➤command of (a) language, knowledge of (a) language, mastery of (a) language語言的掌握/瞭解/精通◇Her command of language is very advanced for a six-year-old.作為一個 6 歲的孩子,她對語言的掌握非常超前。language
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2way of using language使用語言的方式ADJECTIVE | VERB + LANGUAGE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤spoken, written口語;書面語◇She could speak some Chinese, but never studied the written language.她會說一些漢語,但從來沒學過書面語。➤colloquial, everyday, informal口語;日常語言;非正式語言▸➤formal正式語言▸➤expressive, flowery, literary, poetic表現力強的/華麗的/文學/詩歌語言➤figurative, symbolic比喻性用語;象徵性語言➤everyday, plain, simple日常/樸素的/簡單的語言◇His strength is that he addresses his readers in plain language.他的長處在於用平實的語言去跟讀者講話。➤vague含糊的語言▸➤racist, sexist種族主義/性別歧視語言▸➤sign手(勢)語◇Not all deaf people use sign language.並非所有耳聾的人都使用手語。➤body身體語言◇You could tell from his body language that he was very embarrassed.從他的身體語言就可以看得出來他很尷尬。➤legal, technical法律/技術語言➤biblical《聖經》語言➤harsh狠話◇She reserved her harshest language for those she believed had betrayed her.她把最狠毒的話語留給了她認為背叛了自己的那些人。➤bad, colourful/colorful, crude, foul, obscene, offensive, strong, vulgar粗話;髒話;污穢的語言;粗魯的語言;粗俗的語言◇people using foul language說髒話的人VERB + LANGUAGE➤use使用語言▸➤be couched in, be expressed in用語言表達▸➤mind, watch注意言辭◇The referee told the players to mind their language.裁判讓隊員注意言辭。PREPOSITION➤in...language用⋯語言◇His letter was couched in very formal language.他的信使用了非常莊重的語言。PHRASES➤use of language語言的運用◇The writer's use of language reflects the personality of each character.作者通過語言的運用反映了每個角色的性格。