2016年容易混淆的托福詞匯
1. account for 解釋
Variations of claycomposition and the temperatures at which they are fired account for thedifferences in texture and appearance.
2.a couple of 兩三個(gè)，幾個(gè)
Although he thought ofthe key idea in 1951, the first maser was not completed until a couple of yearslater.
3. adapt to 使適應(yīng)于
They have been able toadapt to ecological changes.
4, adorn with sth 用…裝飾
Somepots were adorned with incised or stamped decorations.
5.appealto 吸引
Publishing literatureconsisting of exciting stories that would appeal to both children and adults
6.apply to 適用于
Ethological theorybegan to be applied to research on children in the 1960’s.
7.at best 充其量，最多
Hunting is at best aprecarious way of procuring food, even when the diet is supplemented with seedsand fruits.
8.at intervals 相隔一定距離
However, at intervalsof 10 to 100 years, these glaciers move forward up to 100 times faster thanusual.
9.at the expense of sth在損害…的情況下
A multitude ofmicroorganisms make their livings directly at the expense of other creatures.
10.at the height of sth在…最鼎盛時(shí)期
The violin had reachedthe height of its popularity by the middle of the eighteenth century. 11.backand forth 來(lái)回地 They then spiral back and forth betweenthe Earth's magnetic poles very rapidly.
12.be absent from 缺席，不在 Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, womenline were not considered an important force in history. 13.be capable of 能…的 Many animals are capable of using objects in the naturalenvironment as rudimentary tools. 14. be characterized by 以…為特征
The nervous system ofvertebrates is characterized by a hollow, dorsal nerve cord that ends in thehead region as an enlargement, the brain.
15.be composed of 由…組成
Ocean life is primarilycomposed of plants.
16.be concerned with 與某事物有關(guān)
Ethnology is concernedwith the study of adaptive, or survival, value of behavior and its Evolutionaryhistory.
17.be distinct from 與…不同
Jupiter and the othergiant planets are of a low-density type quite distinct from the terrestrialplanets
18.be essential to 對(duì)…不可缺少
Public performance isessential to verbal art.
19.be exposed to 使接觸，使遭受
Body contact reducesthe surface area exposed to the cold air.
20.be far from 離…很遠(yuǎn)，根本不是
But far from beingrandom, molt is controlled by strong evolutionary forces that have establishedan optimal time and duration.
21. be hostile to 極不友好的，極厭惡的
Ocean bottom is a hostileenvironment to humans
22.be regarded as 被認(rèn)為是
Humanity's primalefforts to systematize the concepts of size, shapes, and number are usuallyregarded as the earliest mathematics.
23.be related to 與…有關(guān)的，相聯(lián)系的
Why is dancing closelyrelated to popular music in the United States?
24. be responsible for 對(duì)…負(fù)責(zé)
In fact, nuclearreactions that convert hydrogen to helium are responsible for most of theenergy that stars produce.
25. be sensitive to 對(duì)…敏感的
Ants can be extremelysensitive to these signals.
26.be subjected to 經(jīng)歷，遭受
Oil is formed whenorganic material trapped in sediments is slowly buried and subjected toincreased temperatures and pressures, transforming it into petroleum.
27. be superior to 優(yōu)越于
Natural vitamins aresuperior to synthetic ones
28 .be traced to 找出根源
The ancestry of thepiano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth andsixteenth centuries.
29. be/become aware of 意識(shí)到，認(rèn)識(shí)到
People became aware ofthe new service by word of mouth or newspaper advertisements.
30. be/become/getaccustomed to 習(xí)慣于
In the harshenvironment of northern Europe, Scandinavian women had been accustomed topracticing forms of shifting cultivation, and they immediately understood
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