托福写作：写作时必备抽象词（24）

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Temporary  
用法：①Something that is temporary lasts for only a limited time.  
例句：Furthermore, the broadside format lent itself to subjects of high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale.(2001-10)  

# g+ J( q# g( Q7 a" VUtilitarian  
用法：①Utilitarian means based on the idea that the morally correct course of action is the one that produces benefit for the greatest number of people.  
# a% R$ Y5 B' F9 C' t' g例句：By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. (2002-08)  
②Utilitarian objects and buildings are designed to be useful rather than attractive.  =functional  
例句：Stoneware, which had been simple, utilitarian kitchenware, grew increasingly ornate throughout the nineteenth century, and in addition to the earlier scratched and drawn designs, three-dimensional molded relief decoration became popular.(2002-09)  

) _7 T' f: z) p% ZVariable  
用法：①Something that is variable changes quite often, and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes.  
! k9 I, k- v. h: w1 [0 Z: t* K: O9 j例句：This is probably the most common pattern, but it is not invariable.  
$ a$ T* O8 h$ O$ D% p" G! v. w②N.A variable is a factor that can change in quality, quantity, or size, which you have take into account in a situation.  
例句：One of the benefits of a pencil and paper decision-making procedure is that it permits people to deal with more variables than their minds can generally comprehend and remember.(1999-01)  
③N.A variable is a quantity that can have any one of a set of values.  
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Viable  
用法：①Something that is viable is capable of doing what it is intended to do.  
0 K& d6 Z6 Q# D+ m+ s例句：During the nineteenth century further advances were made, notably Bessemer’s process for converting iron into steel, Which made the material more commercially viable.(1998-08)  
6 Y0 k$ T! X$ v% u: F②Seeds or eggs are described as viable if they are capable of developing into living beings without outside help.