2) Judging from the References
The meaning of a pronominal word, that is, what it refers to, is to be judged from the references. The pronominal words include:
third person pronouns; indefinite pronouns such as some, any, each, both; and definite pronouns such as much, many, few, little, etc. For example:
He sent John to the university and was eager to have him distinguish himself.
他送约翰上大学,巴望能让儿子出类拔萃。
demonstrative pronouns, such as this, that, these, those, and demonstrative adverbs such as here, there, now, then, etc. For example:
Health is above wealth, for this cannot give so much happiness as that.
健康比财富更重要,因为财富不能像健康那样给人以幸福。
references of comparison.
For example:
I hate blue shirt; white shirt suits me but gray is the most preferable.
我讨厌穿蓝衬衫,喜欢穿白衬衫,而最喜欢穿灰衬衫。
Without the referential words father , health , wealth and shirt in the above three sentences, it would be very difficult to make out the real meaning of such words as him , himself , this , that and the most preferable .
3) Judging from the Context and Collocation
The meanings of the words tension and story in previous examples are explicit enough in the context. Here is another example: develop.
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