“用词语激活思想”是美国大学写作运用的基本构思技巧。主要包含三个方面的内容:一是开动脑筋扩展词义,从其在词典上的最原始的定义,到内涵外延;二是铺展思路,列出词语表,特别是与主题有关的重要词语;三是推敲斟酌有用的词语,找到激活思想的关键性词语,形成文章主题。 “Activating ideas with words ” is the basic thinking skills of American university writing. Mainly contains three aspects: First, to expand their meaning brains, from its most primitive definition in the dictionary to the connotation of the extension; second is to spread ideas, lists the word list, especially with the subject of important words; three Is to consider useful words, find the key words to activate the idea, the formation of the theme of the article.