忘詞，是我們都經歷過的事件，越是想要表達它的時候，就越是找不到合適詞。也許你想說的就在嘴邊，但就是忘了怎麼拼寫了。正在寫作文的你，這時候該怎麼辦呢？
英語語言中籠統詞有have, take 等，籠統詞的重要特點在於意義廣泛，搭配性強，構成詞組後可以替代衆多具體動詞。在一些具體動詞寫不出來的時候，用這些籠統詞取代，也能收到異曲同工的效果。例如：
►I experienced a terrible hard time.（我經歷了一個極其艱苦的時代。）
這一句中，experience被遺忘時，用have代替，成爲：I had a terrible hard time. 其效果及表達的意義決不亞於第一句。這樣的例子還很多。例如：
►Do you
understand my meaning, sir? = Do you
take my meaning, sir?
►I will
preside over the meeting. = I will
take the meeting.
►I will
subscribe to
the local newspaper. = I will
take the local newspaper.
►They
occupied the city. = They
took the city.
►The boy
resembles his father. = The boy takes after
his father.
從以上的例句不難看出，具體詞音節較多，使用頻率不高，容易遺忘，而籠統詞則不然。因此，在作文應試中，籠統詞取代具體詞，不失爲一種應急良策。
忘詞時，或遇到沒學過的詞時，應採取放射性思維，發揮想象力，想出一切與之有關的單詞，利用語言的內在聯繫，多層次，多角度地運用語言。有兩種聯想思路。
▌聯想同義詞
英語語言中衆多的同義詞在許多情況下是可以通用的。利用這一規律，由於某個單詞受阻而影響全篇寫作的情況便不會出現。試看下列句子：
►I had a
nightmare last night. = I had a
bad dream last night.
Nightmare 使用頻率不太高，因此不太好記。而其同義詞bad dream 卻很容易記。以後者取代前者絲毫不影響原句的意義。再比如：
►He is
stupid. = He is
foolish. = He is
a fool. = He is
silly.
►The food is
delicious. = The food is
tasty. = The food is
nice to eat.
►They
discontinued the work at five. = They
stopped the work at five.
►His temper is
nasty. = His temper is
terrible. = He
has a bad temper.
▌聯想反義詞
同樣，用其反義詞來取代某一遺忘了的詞也是可行的。請看下面的例子：
►He is
stubborn. = He is
not tame.
►The knife is
blunt. = The knife is
not sharp.
►This is
expensive. = This is
not cheap.
►She is
talkative. = She is
never quiet.
語言的功能在於表達，而表達的方式是多種多樣的。當一個詞影響到可以溝通。英語當中多功能解釋性語句，就可以起到這一作用。請看下面的句子：
►He is a dumb. = He is a person who can not speak.
►He
refused. = He
said “no”。
►I’ve never seen such a
stubborn person. = I’ve never seen such
a person who never listens to other‘s advice.
解釋性語句能幫助我們巧妙地避開一些大詞，難詞，又能使意思表達流暢，不失爲一聰明之舉。
作文應試的要領應該是快捷、清楚、流暢。所以，碰到難詞或遺忘詞時，運用簡單、易記的詞彙及表達方式，靈活地作出美妙的文章，最大限度地發揮自己的潛能纔是最明智的哦。
