Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.What are the four main sources of English synonyms?
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BORROWING.DIALECTS AND REGIONAL ENGLISH. FIGURATIVE AND EUPHEMISTIC USE OF WORDS. COINCIDENCE WITH IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS.


【题目解析】:同义词的来源有:1)借用;2)方言和地区英语;3)比喻和委婉地使用词语;4)与惯用表达相吻合。