So far, research suggests it may be possible to learn about the tone and pronunciation of a language or even the meaning of words while sleeping, although it is to a weaker level than what we do during the day without noticing.

到目前为止，研究表明，在睡觉的时候学习一门语言的语调和发音，甚至是单词的意思是可能的，尽管这比白天无意识学习的效果要差。

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It's because the meaning of words can change.

词汇的含义会不断改变。

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Dictionaries are routinely thought to be about the meaning of words.

通常，字典被认为是关于词汇意思的书籍。

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The words hot potato,for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression,hot potato.

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Just imagine a philologist being confronted with the idea that the meaning of words at a certain historical moment isn't the only thing that matters in understanding the meaning of a poem.

想象一下，一个语言学家看到一个理论指出,一个字在特定历史阶段的语义,不是影响诗歌意思理解的,唯一因素。

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In other words, the text is what makes the ascertainment of meaning possible and available to us, but meaning is not in the text.

换言之,作品才是使含义得以传达的必要条件，但含义又并不在文本里。

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His hold on the media has changed attitudes and even the meaning of words.

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For a lover of language, the precise meaning of words contained in the law has been his goal.

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Often the problems are less to do with the meaning of words than with their unexpected impact on an audience.

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