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 population was the cause of the move to pueblos changes。 一些学者声称农民的辛勤劳作导致了人口的进一步增长以及随之而来的对耕地需求的增加,但农业的发展证据表明了养活更多的人口的需求,因此,导致人们迁到印第安人村庄的原因是人口增长的争论发生了改变。
2。 This argument against climax and biome also works in the ecosystems。 关于顶级部落和生物群落之间的争论同样适用于生态系统这一概念。
benefit['benifit]n。 益处;救济金 v。(使)受益
搭配 benefit from 从…中获益
例句 There is no benefit for a nestling to get more food than to survive。 获得比生存所需更多的食物对雏鸟来说没有什么益处。
同义 profit(v。 受益)
bound[baund]a。 被束缚的;被要求的;[物]结合中的
例句 1。 The worker was bound to the master because of a mutual contract that neither part could deny; and the relationship was conceptualized as one of partnership。 工人因一份双务合同受到老板的束缚,这是一份不能单方面撕毁的契约,而且这种合伙关系也根植于人们的观念中。
2。 When constituents of the interstellar cloud of gas and dust got trapped inside small and roughly spherical objects and these objects became bound together in a dark gray matrix; Allende meteorites were formed。 当气体和灰尘状态的星际云中的化学成分被困在体积渺小、近乎球形的物体中,且这些物体在暗灰基质中结合的时候,就形成了阿伦德陨星。
3。 Music was closely bound up with religious beliefs。 音乐与宗教信仰密不可分。
同义 obligated; enclosed(a。 被束缚的;被要求的)
capable['keip?bl]a。 有能力的,能干的;有技能的
搭配 be capable of 能够
例句 1。 It is capable of ignoring or overriding the automatic; metabolic system and produces an irregular pattern of breathing。 它能够忽视或不顾自发的代谢系统,并形成一种不规律的呼吸模式。
2。 It has been said that if the environment were capable of supporting breeding population of bears; there would have been enough food resources to support humans to live on。 据说,如果环境能维持熊的生存繁殖,那么也会有足够的食物来维持人类的生存。
cargo['kɑ:rgou]n。 货物
例句 1。 Wind…driven caravels have been able to carry cargo across the oceans。 风力驱动的帆船能够跨洋运载货物了。
2。 Spillage from huge oil…carrying cargo ships; called tankers; which happened in collisions or accidental grounding can create oil slicks at sea。 被称作油轮的运输大量石油的货船因碰撞或意外搁浅造成的泄漏可能会导致水面浮油的出现。
3。 Compared with the galley; a wider and deeper hull could carry more cargo; because the increased stability made it possible to add multiple masts and sails。 与大帆船相比,一艘又大又深的船能运载更多货物,因为稳定性的增加使这样的船可以加上多个桅杆和船帆。
同义 freight(n。 货物)
catalog['k?t?l?:g]n。 目录;系列 v。 登记;编目录
例句 1。 His catalogs of rock strata indicated that the sequences of rocks are different from place to place and from region to region。 他对岩层的分类表明岩石的层序因地点和地区的不同而有所不同。
2。 There had been a hope that these could somehow be used to calculate geological time ever since people had begun to catalog the layer of particular rock outcrops。 自从人们开始对露出地面的特殊岩层进行分类开始,这些岩石就有望以某种方式被用于计算地质年代。
同义 register(v。 登记;为…编目录)
要点 托福阅读中多处出现catalog作为动词的用法,比如People did not catalog regional differences by the order of rocks。 人们没有依据岩石的层序记录地区差异。
category['k?t?g?:ri]n。 种类;范畴
例句 1。 Pluto is not included in either category for its long distance from Earth and its small size; that all make this planet's true nature a mystery。 由于冥王星距离地球太远,而且其自身尺寸较小,因此它并不属于任何一个种类,这使它的真实本质充满神秘色彩。
2。 These common broad leaf trees which planted on campus fall into this category。 这些种植在校园里的阔叶树属于这个类别。
cease[si:s]n。/v。 结束,终止;停止
搭配 without cease 不断地,不停地
例句 Some respiratory regulating mechanisms cease functioning during sleep。 一些呼吸调控机制在睡眠期间停止工作。
要点 与cease含义相近的单词还有stop和end,但cease比较正式,而且偏重于表达停止之后不会再继续,常用来指“战争停火”。
clarify['kl?r?fai]v。 澄清,阐明
例句 What aspect of extinction episodes does the hypothesis supposedly clarify? 这个假设可能阐明灭绝事件的哪些方面?
要点 clarify与identify; explain意思相近,但clarify更偏重于“澄清某一事实”。
classify['kl?sifai]v。 分类;分等
例句 There exists lyrical descriptions of the different types of ware that assist in classifying pots。 人们对不同类型的陶器存在抒情性的描述,这有助于区分不同的罐子。
同义 categorize; sort(v。 分类)
collide[k?'laid]v。 碰撞,互撞;抵触
例句 1。 Accidents occur when tankers run into shore reefs or collide with other ships。 事故发生在油轮触礁或与其他船只相撞的时候。
2。 What happens when electrons and gas collide in space? 电子和气体在空间中撞击会发生什么?
派生 collision(n。 碰撞;抵触)
要点 collide作“冲突”讲时,与conflict意思相近,有时两者可能会被替换使用,但conflict着重指“矛盾,冲突”。
column['kɑ:l?m]n。 专栏;圆柱;列
例句 Elements of the same groups were automatically assembled in vertical columns in a periodic table of the elements; when the series of elements was written so as to begin a new horizontal row by each alkali metal。 当一系列的元素根据每行开头的碱金属被放置在同一行的时候,同族元素就会自动排列在元素周期表上垂直的一列中。
commercial[k?'m?:r?l]a。 商业的;商品化的 n。 商业广告
例句 1。 Denmark had an admirable commercial history; particularly with respect to commerce through the Sound。 丹麦有着令人景仰的商业历史,尤其是那些穿越松德海峡开展的商业贸易。
2。 The sophistication of the architectural; administrative; commercial; and religious features of the old city indicates the existence of centralized planning and control。 这座古老城市的建筑、行政、商业及宗教特征的复杂性反映了其中央集权式的规划和管理。
commodity[k?'mɑ:d?ti]n。 商品;日用品
例句 1。 Obsidian must have been recognized as a valuable commodity for many centuries before the great city appeared。 在大城市出现前,黑曜石一定在好几个世纪都被认为是非常有价值的商品。
2。 By the 1940's her paintings had become a very precious commodity。 到20世纪40年代,她的绘画已成为非常珍贵的商品。
同义 article(n。 商品)
comparison[k?m'p?risn]n。 比较,对比;比喻
例句 1。 This article mainly discussed a comparison of life in different areas in the early twentieth century。 这篇文章主要探讨了20世纪初,不同地区生活的对比。
2。 In densely…wooded environments; sound is the best means of communication over distance because in comparison with light; it is seldomly impeded by trees and other vegetation。 在丛林茂密的环境下,声音是最好的远距离交流方式,因为与光相比,声音很少受到树木或其他植被的阻碍。
3。 The destruction caused by the volcanic explosion in the northwestern United States pales in comparison to the destruction caused by humans。 与人类引起的破坏相比,美国西北部地区火山爆发所造成的破坏便不值一提了。
要点 comparison表示不同事物的对比,以突显事物间的差异,如:the comparison of butterfly richness in tropical and temperate areas“热带地区和温带地区蝴蝶多样性的对比”。
compelling[k?m'peli?]a。 引起兴趣的;必须接受或同意的,强制的
例句 1。 In writing; don't limit yourself to a short story when a compelling story requires a longer one。 在写作中,较长的篇幅才能写出一个精彩的故事,因此不要把自己局限于短篇故事当中。
2。 There is no compelling reason to believe this hypothesis。 没有令人信服的理由让人相信这一假说。
要点 在托福阅读里,compelling经常出现在词义猜测题型中,与compelling词义相近的词是persuasive“有说服力的,打动人心的”。
compete[k?m'pi:t]v。 竞争;对抗
搭配 compete with 与…竞争;与…对抗
例句 1。 There was less cooperation when farmers competed with each other for trade with distant areas。 在远距离贸易中,农民在面对竞争时与他人的合作要少一些。
2。 Artists preferred not to paint natural or realistic images because it would have to compete with photographs。 艺术家们不喜欢画自然或现实性的图像,因为这样就要与照片进行竞争。
3。 When the ants are removed; the trees usually die; probably because herbivores damage them so much that they are unable to compete with surrounding vegetation for light and growing space。 当蚂蚁被清除掉的时候,树通常也会死去,因为食草动物对它们的破坏太深,导致它们无法与周围的植被争夺阳光和生长空间。
派生 competition(n。 竞争)
competitive[k?m'pet?tiv]a。 竞争的;求胜心切的;有竞争力
例句 1。 It seems likely that natural resources gave the city a competitive edge over its neighbors along with the city elite's ability to recognize their potential。 随着城市精英们意识到这些自然资源的潜能后,他们认为很有可能是自然资源给予了这个城市超越周边城市的竞争优势。
2。 It is an exceedingly competitive plant for it can survive in severe environment。 这种植物极具竞争力,可以在恶劣环境中生存。
concentration[?kɑ:nsn'trei?n]n。 浓度;专注;集中
例句 1。 Lots of research has been done in an effort to develop salt…tolerant agricultural crops because high concentrations of sodium chloride and other salts limit growth in most plants。 因为高浓度的氯化钠和其他盐分会抑制大部分植物的生长,因此很多研究都致力于提高农作物的耐盐性。
2。 Over the past forty years; new discoveries have definitely enriched the body of knowledge; and the most significant data has come from a concentration on three major questions。 在过去的40年里,新的发现无疑丰富了知识体系,而且最重要的数据来自于三个主要问题的结合。
3。 The music can help relieve depression and improve concentration。 音乐有助于缓解抑郁,提高注意力。
要点 在科普类的托福阅读文章中,经常会出现high concentration这个词组,意为“高浓度”。
concept['kɑ:nsept]n。 概念,观念;设想
例句 In the past; it was always seen as a very popular selling concept。 在过去,这往往会被看做是一种十分流行的销售理念。
派生 conception(n。 观念)
conclude[k?n'klu:d]v。(使)结束;断定,议定;推断
搭配 conclude from。。。 从…推断出;conclude。。。with。。。 以…来结束…
例句 1。 He concluded that teachers also need sufficient resources as well as the cooperation and encouragement of others to make success。 他断定老师们的成功也需要丰富的资源,以及别人的合作和鼓励。
2。 Some current analyses conclude that volcanoes and solar activity explained much observed variability in the period from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century; but that they cannot explain the rapid warming of the globe in recent decades。 目前的一些分析推断,火山爆发和太阳活动解释了在17世纪到20世纪早期所观测到的变化,却解释不了近几十年来全球快速升温的原因。
3。 Most astronom

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