목적어의변화에따라동사가갖는의미를머릿속에그려지는이미지연상을통해추론해보자. 예를들어apply 동사가가진의미가운데 to put something to[on/against] something이있다. ~을 ~에놓다[대다] 라는뜻으로이것을이용해다음의예문을해석해보자.
1.Apply paint to a wall. 벽에페인트를대다 (원시적해석) →벽에페인트를바르다 (진화적해석)
2.Apply antiseptic ointment on the burns. 화상부위에살균연고를대다 (원시적해석) →화상부위에살균연고를바르다 (진화적해석)
3.Apply a bandage to the wound. 붕대를상처부위에대다 (원시적해석) →붕대를상처부위에감다 (진화적해석)
4.Apply the brakes wherever necessary. 어디든필요한경우브레이크를대다 (원시적해석) →어디든필요한경우브레이크를밟다 (진화적해석)
5.Apply the theory to our everyday lives. 이론을우리의일상생활에대다 (원시적해석) →이론을우리의일상생활에적용하다 (진화적해석)
6.Apply yourself to study. 스스로공부에대다 (원시적해석) →스스로공부에전념하다 (진화적해석)
7.Apply to the post of director 임원직에대다 (원시적해석) →임원직에지원하다 (진화적해석)
독해 지문
A two-faced approach is keeping tigers off people’s backs in Bengal. Noting that fearsome Sunderban tiger in West Bengal attacks men only from behind, wildlife management authorities at the tiger reserves there send honey collectors and other workers into the mangrove forest with rubber masks tied to the backs of their heads. Since that methods was adopted in 1987, not a single worker wearing a mask has been attacked—but 30 workers who preferred to put their faith in traditional deities or who neglected to put on the masks were killed in one year.