http://signup.dictionary.com/wordoftheday 這是我推薦的第一個字彙電子報，訂閱之後系統每天會寄一個單字給你。 我使用了一年多了，受益良多。現在看到的版本，在排版上有改過，更為 reader-friendly 了。 今天 (2006/9/11) 的電子報如下，介紹的是 pejorative 這個字，我的 註解在旁邊，這裡向大家介紹它的好處。 ============================================================================== Word of the Day for Monday, September 11, 2006 pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\, adjective: => 單字，音標，詞性。 => 音標不是我們熟悉的那種，但大概可以猜得出來，其中大寫的地方是重音所在。 1. Tending to make or become worse. 2. Tending to disparage or belittle. 3. A belittling or disparaging word or expression. => 解釋。 => 不只列出一個解釋，可以讓我們真正深入瞭解這個字。 Citing the construction industry, car dealers, and politicians as the purveyors of "sprawl" (a pejorative term that does not even allow for the possibility of benefits associated with low-density development), Kunstler fails to consider the role of market forces. -- Julia Hansen, "letter to the editor", The Atlantic, December 1996 While he said that he is not a "fanboy," mildly pejorative slang for an aggressively obsessive "Star Wars" fan, he did mention that the John Williams "Star Wars" theme was played at his wedding reception two years ago. -- Michel Marriott, "On a Galaxy of Sites, 'Star Wars' Fever Rises", New York Times, May 6, 1999 Welfare state is now, even for the Labour party whose grand historic achievement it was, obscurely shameful. A pejorative for our times. -- John Sutherland, "How the potent language of civic life was undermined", The Guardian, March 20, 2001 => 使用此字的句子及其出處。 => 很多人都知道，背單字要真正達到效果絕對不只是英文和中文翻譯而已，而是要 看句子，看這個字的使用方法，這裡連出處都寫出來，其中包含報紙、書籍等等 ，讓我們能學上下文，能學用此字時的情境，甚至知道哪些名人或作家是怎麼用 這個字的，我認為這是 Doctor Dictionary 做的最好的地方。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pejorative is derived from the past participle of Late Latin pejorare, "to make worse, to become worse," from Latin pejor, "worse." => 字源分析。 => 最後提供關於此字的簡單字源分析，說它簡單是跟 M-W 的電子報比 (容後述)，讓 我們可以從字源的角度去加深對此字的印象，並和其他同字源的字做聯想。 ============================================================================== 好東西和大家分享，希望更多人能夠受益。 --

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