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.
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）
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7 N% B8 l' @2 O, b$ v* eabsorb:
  ^0 a% c9 k6 T" |) z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.
, o/ m$ {# |4 d3 S* Y8 r2 g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）
+ ~% \9 {' \/ v2 O4 x1 ^②If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.
③If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.
5 n# A- ~/ C2 e; l. h8 y④If 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.
! J2 D/ u# U- \7 z/ U# X+ g⑥If something absorbs something such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.
9 q) v1 S7 a' s- b8 r1 f  }  D" Z⑦If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
abstract:①An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
" w9 t+ m/ h7 R②Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things they actually are.
& x: k) v+ H# R$ f③An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that summarizes the main points of it.
: M. m; L9 O  I3 Q6 v$ D1 M5 R④If you abstract something from somewhere, you take it from there.

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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/ U. a# C, P# i1 F+ L8 {acquire:①If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
②If you acquire something, such as a skill or a habit, you gradually learn or develop it.
3 a, Q* L3 @% j: L6 J③If 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.

4 A" o, |$ y+ D6 z7 Kadapt:①If you adapt to a new situation, you change your ideas or behavior in order to deal with it successfully.
4 C  l1 n3 C* }- y②If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
2 R9 t' E0 y0 K$ ?% \③If 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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" y5 V) C; k( _# Z4 {! Y  hcapable: 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.
1 D- ~) b8 E# b0 ~5 s- F③If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested in it or excited by it.
$ a, m; j9 G, \' d9 k# @- L④If 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.

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.
+ ]" J7 h9 a1 }6 C0 z- _, x) D③If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.
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* M- o$ f# o/ x! D; pcheck: ①To check something, usually something bad, means to stop it from spreading or continuing.
②If someone or something is held or kept in check, they are prevented from becoming too great or powerful.

7 M/ J0 ~9 k1 |+ g; VClaim
+ A; H% j6 q( N7 l" ^) R  W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.
1 x$ N* ^8 H" s2 y; v② A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
例句：①The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated.（1995-08）
+ N( A! ?( W$ G# Q6 a2 V② 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）