托福写作：写作时必备抽象词（1）

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abandon:
用法：If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave them forever or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
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6 ?/ X7 O3 j2 z6 ]absorb:
用法：①If an object absorbs something such as liquid, gas, or heat, the liquid or heat enters the object or is drawn into it.
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②If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.
& L* O5 X7 M' V+ ?. w6 ~2 L. \4 O③If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.
' j4 S: G2 J; n* y6 f1 B9 E$ m④If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect.
⑤If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them without being badly affected.
" W; g/ u$ ~8 U* G+ e6 w9 F# \# i⑥If something absorbs something such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.
* W& I  B1 [7 z/ {0 ^+ Y! i⑦If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
( S9 c3 A$ k4 B1 X4 J5 ^7 @2 _3 Eabstract:①An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
0 x3 v- O! ]8 P- n9 t; q, @②Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things they actually are.
③An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that summarizes the main points of it.
; s- X. G$ ?. {④If you abstract something from somewhere, you take it from there.
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academic: Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
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4 y3 C- J0 q# racquire:①If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
5 Z3 M) I' k0 B. c& h. k; x②If you acquire something, such as a skill or a habit, you gradually learn or develop it.
$ N# U: o$ O- u; T' w③If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it when they get to know it better.

6 R9 n  h5 ]$ G9 U6 ]. iadapt:①If you adapt to a new situation, you change your ideas or behavior in order to deal with it successfully.
( r6 s! [( M6 r: g; l, v②If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
  W, @2 Q, z0 g( C5 S& ^2 U  h③If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme.
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capable: ①If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability, capacity, or potential to do it.
②A capable person is competent, efficient, or practical.
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capture: ①If you capture someone or something, you catch them or take possession of them, especially in a war, or after a struggle or chase.
) ]0 e" V! }  G* J②If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeeding obtaining it.
③If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested in it or excited by it.
④If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully.
⑤If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.
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: _' t, [# X1 G, d2 L( |channel: ①If you do something through a particular channel, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.
8 w  l2 q% _/ x/ L  g9 @②If you channel money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wide range of things.
③If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.

check: ①To check something, usually something bad, means to stop it from spreading or continuing.
5 u4 X8 z2 J: i! u②If someone or something is held or kept in check, they are prevented from becoming too great or powerful.
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Claim
用法：①If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
; d8 f( v- @6 P: A$ m② A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
' q3 o% h9 |2 [1 x5 @9 o例句：①The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated.（1995-08）
② As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.（1995-08）