利用根义代替记忆多义，可以解决“没有生词”却老读不懂的问题。

比如要问immediate(ly)是否已记住，回答当然是肯定的。那么就请看下面三个“没有生词”的片段：

a)the woman walks immediately behind the car.

b)she is my immediate neighbor.

c)the immediate cause

若没有读懂，那么就请看immediate(ly)根义

中间没有间隔(地)

1)(时间)立刻;

2)(空间)紧挨，通接，紧跟，

3)(关系)直接

例题1：He will leave immediately.(2005职称英语用书)

a.far away

b.right away

c.right here

d.soon

答案：b

例题2：Can you follow the plot? (2003年职称英语卫生类c级)

a.change

b.investigate

c.understand

d.write

答案：c

请看下面几句中的follow 分别都是什么意思?

She went into the building,followed by a group of students.

The teacher says that everybody should follow the rule here.