2000個最常用英語單詞：可覆蓋一般閲讀的86%

在閲讀英文文章的時候，我們也許會發現，有的單詞頻繁出現，而有些單詞只是出現一兩次。據統計，即使用頻率高的1000個英語單詞平均佔34部著作中語言量的'80.5%，如果你掌握了2000個英語單詞，就可以讀懂書中的86%的內容，掌握了3000個英語單詞，就可以讀懂90%的內容，要是你掌握了5000個英語單詞，就可以讀懂93.5%的內容。若能達到10000，閲讀就不成為問題了。

下面是常見的2000個英語單詞，按使用頻率從高到低進行排列的。因為它是按國外英語單詞的實際使用頻率進行統計的，可能不太適合在中國的英語單詞實際使用頻率，但它有助你瞭解英語單詞的實際使用情況。歡迎閲讀記憶。

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