二、因果推断法有时对生词词义的猜测需要结合上下文的因果关系来进行推断，既可以是根据原因推测结果，也可以是根据结果推测原因。英语中通常用于表示因果关系的词语有 because, as, since, for, so, thus, as a result, of course, therefore, so [such]…that 等。如：There were so many people in the square that he had to elbow his way through the crowd.根据句中的 so many people in the square，可知结果状语从句中的 elbow 意为“挤，挤过”。You shouldn’t reproach him for that, for it wasn’t his fault.根据句中的 for it wasn’t his fault(那不是他的错)，可推知 reproach 的意思应是“责备”。
