How Dictionaries Are Made

LESSoN TWELVE   TEXT  A       单词   Chiefly primarily   Grammatical   Super-star   Market   Sonic   Have authority to do sth.   Use---useful---useless-usable---usage1   In dispute with sb.   Without dispute   Self-confidenceconfident   As regards sb.sth.   Regardless of   Editor---edit---edition---editorial   occur---occur to sb.   occupation---occupied   occupy oneself in doing sth.with sth.=be busy doing   Alphabet=letter   Quote   Stack sth. Up   Illustration----illustrative   Literature   In the light of   Influence on sb.sth.   Those so called friends have a bad influence on her.   Distance---distant   Forecast   Scattered   Scatter-brained   Scatter aboutover   A well-bound book   Invent---inventor---inventive   Usually   Nun   Get into troubledifficulty   Look up   Around   After   Into   Down upon   on   over   I was brought up by my grandma.   She brought up the 3 kids herself   To the best of one’s ability       课文   LESSoN TWELVE   TEXT  A                              How Dictionaries Are Made         It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these meanings mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and grammars are the supreme2 authority in matters of meaning and usage. Few people ask by what authority the writers of dictionaries and grammars say what they say. I once got into a dispute with an English woman over the pronunciation of a word and offered to look it up in the dictionary. The English woman said firmly, What for?  I am English. I was born and brought up in England. The way I speak is English. Such self-assurance about ones own language is fairly common among the English. In the United States, however, anyone who is willing to quarrel with the dictionary is regarded as either eccentric3 or mad.

1 usage   

n.惯用法，使用，用法

参考例句：

• I am clear about the usage of this word at last.这个词的用法我算是弄明白了。
• The usage is now firmly established.这种用法现已得到确认。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 eccentric   

adj.古怪的，怪癖的，异乎寻常的；n.古怪的人

参考例句：

• His actions since that morning have been eccentric and unpredictable.自从那天早晨，他的行动一直是反常而不可捉摸。
• He had the name of an eccentric.他有怪人之称。