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1、OntheCharacteristicsofEnglishIdiomsAbstractEnglishidiomsistheessenceofEnglishandisthecrystallizationofthelanguage,Englishidiomsaregenerallyconsistsofseveralwordswhichcomponentfixedphraseorasentence,sounderstandandmasterthecharacteristicsofEnglishidiomsforpeoplewholearningEnglisharepart
2、icularlyimportant.Idiomisthelanguageuserswhohavelongusedwordcombinationandphrasewhichconciseformandmeaningofpenetratingandwhichcontainthemostabundantofculture,includingsaying,idioms,motto,proverbs,andslang,two-partallegoricalsayings,andsoon.Englishidiomsfeaturesincludethenationalityofi
3、dioms,figurative,integrity,concordance,andsoon.KeyWords:Englishidioms;history;characteristicI.TheDefinitionofEnglishidiomsLanguageisthecarrierofculture,idiomsisessenceoflanguage.Thewordidiomhasalotofmeanings,ingenerationsituationrefertowhichcommonlyusedtogetherandhasaspecificformofthep
4、hrase.Themeaningswhichthoseidiomscontainthathumancouldnotguesswhatdotheymean,ifhumanwanttosurmisetheirmeaningsthroughthesingleword.TheEnglishidiomsincludeveryrichcultureimplicationwhichhasdistinctnationalcharacteristics.Idiomscontainmanysections,suchasproverbs,slangs,sayings,phrases,fi
5、nalizes,statementsandsoon.Englishidiomsisaspeciallanguagephenomenon,itisEnglishlanguageofnationalessence.BritishlinguistsJenniferSeidlsaid:“idiomsarenotseparatepartofthelanguagewhichonecanchoosetoeithertouseortoomit,buttheyformanessentialpartofthegeneralvocabularyofEnglish.”“Englishisv
6、eryrichinidiomaticexpressions.InfactitisdifficulttospeakortowriteEnglishwithoutusingidioms.”(JenniferSeidl,p.14)II.TheHistoryofEnglishidiomsFromsailing:Britainisanislandcountry,theBritishpeoplelivingincoastalfromgenerationtogeneration,theylongengagedinactivitiesatsea.Sothereisabigparto
7、fidiomshascloserelationshipwithocean,ship,andsoon.Fromreligiousidioms,religioushasimportantinfluenceinBritainandinotherEnglishcountries.Theirlifemanyimportanteventsarecloselyrelatedwithreligion,religiousfaithlastslong.Idiomscomesfromthebible,thebibleinwesternculturehasapivotalpositio
