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对学语言的人来说,一词多义现象可谓司空见惯。这在通用英语中十分突出,在科技英语中也很常见。从下面所列举出的“heavy”的诸种用法可见一斑。 在通用英语中,“heavy”既可以修饰具体的事物又可以表示抽象的概念。较为常见的用法如下:
For people who are learning languages, the term polysemy can be described as commonplace. This is very prominent in General English and is also very common in English for science and technology. It can be seen from the various usages of “heavy” listed below. In general English, “heavy” can both modify concrete things and represent abstract concepts. The more common usage is as follows: