托福写作：写作时必备抽象词（1）

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abandon:
- a. p/ J  }+ b3 ]5 g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.
例句：As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama.（1995-08）

absorb:
- s) E' r# R+ _/ x' c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.
8 S4 L+ |1 ^) _, f# y- \) s例句：Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun’s rays.（1997-01）
! s- E6 o7 v* ]3 P. D# Y1 v②If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.
* f; x3 k+ z: r③If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.
# [: Y+ M( s6 d④If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect.
6 ^5 ]2 s! z' U⑤If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them without being badly affected.
⑥If something absorbs something such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.
⑦If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
# ?. `8 w3 N0 _3 z) S( U1 t. U, @abstract:①An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
②Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things they actually are.
4 g9 L# z& J4 g$ d" Q: L9 y3 d③An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that summarizes the main points of it.
* z0 |' e: B! F1 a④If you abstract something from somewhere, you take it from there.

) R9 |# Y) j1 g( y3 Hacademic: 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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acquire:①If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
: M( B* e. C$ _3 F# s8 p" A②If you acquire something, such as a skill or a habit, you gradually learn or develop it.
( Y& \- w! Y) j* y4 ?7 q③If 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.
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0 x( d4 [: y$ x5 S/ W5 u( a) nadapt:①If you adapt to a new situation, you change your ideas or behavior in order to deal with it successfully.
6 H$ h$ B  c( Y$ [②If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
③If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme.

. H5 G" S* G8 e9 q7 [7 R" p/ lcapable: 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.
②If 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.
6 O+ d; t' p+ {0 K( [4 u⑤If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.
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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.
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.
. l/ ~; U- i4 U* [; b0 M/ m③If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.

& O2 F/ S. C  jcheck: ①To check something, usually something bad, means to stop it from spreading or continuing.
- ], Z) o$ o2 _4 o, w4 p. C②If someone or something is held or kept in check, they are prevented from becoming too great or powerful.
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  [6 H, |1 K* N9 L( R' XClaim
' g+ K# `/ w  \( Y1 Z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.
+ n7 s+ C' F9 m6 b6 z( h/ ]* @② A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
7 q( y# @# [5 r2 g; v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）