在四六級作文中，詞匯量不足是影響成績的一個重要因素。一個意思往往因為一個單詞不會而表達不清，一個好的句子也會因為一個詞匯想不起來而不能完成。如何應付這種情況使作文順利進行下去？下面是三種簡便易行的應急措施可能對你會有所幫助。
　　1.試用籠統詞
　　英語語言中籠統詞又have, take等，籠統詞的重要特點在于意義廣泛，搭配性強，構成詞組后可以替代眾多具體動詞。雖然不能精確表達一個動作，卻能大致表達意思。在一些具體動詞寫不出來的時候，用這些籠統詞取代，也能收到異曲同工的效果。
　　例如：我經歷了一個極其艱苦的時代。
　　I experienced a terrible hard time. 這一句中，experience被遺忘時，用have代替，成為：I had a terrible hard time. 其效果及表達的意義決不亞于第一句。這樣的例子還很多。如：
　　Do you understand my meaning, sir? = Do you take my meaning, sir?
　　I will preside over the meeting. = I will take the meeting.
　　I will subscribe to the local newspaper. = I will take the local newspaper.
　　They occupied the city. = They took the city.
　　The boy resembles his father. = The boy takes after his father.
　　從以上的例句不難看出，具體詞音節較多，使用頻率不高，容易遺忘，而籠統詞則不然。因此，在作文應試中，籠統詞取代具體詞，不失為一種應急良策。
　　2.聯想有關詞匯
　　當遺忘產生時，或遇到未曾學過的詞時，應采取放射性思維，發揮想象力，想出一切與之有關的單詞，利用語言的內在聯系，多層次，多角度地運用語言。一般情況下，聯想可按下列思路進行：1聯想同義詞；2聯想反義詞。
　　英語語言中眾多的同義詞在許多情況下是可以通用的。利用這一規律，由于某個單詞受阻而影響全篇寫作的情況便不會出現。試看下列句子：
　　I had a nightmare last night. = I had a bad dream last night. Nightmare 使用頻率不太高，因此不太好記。而其同義詞bad dream 卻很容易記。以后者取代前者絲毫不影響原句的意義。再比如：I don‘t understand this word. 也可以說成 I don’t know this word.
　　另外：He is stupid. = He is foolish. = He is a fool. = He is silly.
　　The food is delicious. = The food is tasty. = The food is nice to eat.
　　They discontinued the work at five. = They stopped the work at five.
　　His temper is nasty. = His temper is terrible. = He has a bad temper.
　　英語語言中詞與詞之間是有聯系的，詞與詞之間語義的“共核”現象即所謂的同義詞。豐富的同義詞給我們提供了極大的方便。
　　同樣，用其反義詞來取代某一遺忘了的詞也是可行的，請看下面的例子：
　　He is stubborn. = He is not tame.
　　The knife is blunt. = The knife is not sharp.
　　This is expensive. = This is not cheap.
　　She is talkative. = She is never quiet.
　　3. 試用解釋性語句
　　語言的功能在于表達，而表達的方式是多種多樣的。當一個詞影響到??以溝通。英語當中多功能解釋性語句，就可以起到這一作用。請看下面的句子：
　　He is a dumb. = He is a person who can not speak.
　　He refused. = He said “no”.
　　I‘ve never seen such a stubborn person. = I’ve never seen such a person who never listens to other‘s advice.
　　解釋性語句能幫助我們巧妙地避開一些大詞，難詞，又能使意思表達流暢，不失為一聰明之舉。比較下面兩篇