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托福常見單字與片語 (三) 

1) reaction  (N.)   反應； 反對；抗拒；對抗； （對食物、藥物等的）不良反應；過敏 反動；保守；守舊

例句

(1) The government response seems to be the result of strong public reactionagainst the police apathy. 

(2) This is the process whereby helpers provide reassurance to clients that what they are experiencing is not abnormal or atypical, but is a normal reaction shared by others when facing such circumstances.

2) inborn   (Adj.)  先天的

例句

(1) It is clear that the ability to smile is inborn

(2) When Alfred Adler first postulated in 1908 that there existed an inborn instinct of aggression Freud argued against it.

3) pattern  (N.)   形式；模式； 樣本； 典範；榜樣

例句

(1) A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.

(2) The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behaviour is that they are controlled by social norms--shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.

4) complex   (Adj.)  由許多相關的不同部分組成的；構造複雜的 ； 費解的；錯綜複雜的

例句

(1) What we want to encourage in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.

(2) The NHS is a very large and complex organisation.

5) apparently   (Adv.) 據…所知；看來；據說；聽說； 實際上； 似乎；看起來

例句

(1) Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production. 

(2) From out of apparently nowhere come the bighorn sheep.

6) moderate  (V./ N. / Adj.)   適度的； （尤指政見）；溫和的 ； （使）緩和； 減弱；節制

例句

(1) Both countries have called for a moderate approach to the use of force.

(2) While a moderate amount of stress can be beneficial, too much stress can exhaust you. 

7) offshoot  (N.)   分支；分支機構

例句

(1) First direct, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.

(2) Mr. Kostadinov points out that the EU funds were meant for the technology upgrade of its TV offshoot, Planeta HD. 

8) sociobiology  (N.)  社會生物學

9) suggest (V.)  提議；建議； 暗示

例句

(1) Suggest you look a little higher up the list.

(2) The sight of birds suggested a new idea for flying machines. 

10) frustration （因不能滿足需求而）沮喪或不自信；令人沮喪或不自信的事物； 阻止計劃實現；防礙某人投入努力

例句

(1) Doesn't it frustrate you that audiences in the theatre are so restricted? 

(2) The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff. 

11) desirable (N./ Adj.) 令人滿意的；值得擁有的；可取的；性感的 ； 稱心如意的人[東西]

例句

(1) Some reasonable adjustments seem desirable.

(2) Knowledge of computer applications and current software is desirable.

12) genetically   (Adv.)  創始；遺傳學；生殖；基因

例句

(1) This case gives the court an opportunity to rein in the growing use of patents to protect genetically engineered crops and other life forms― but the court may well use it to give this trend a powerful new endorsement.

(2) Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease in the United States.

13) determine  (V.)  決定；影響 ； 下決心 ； 測定；查明

例句

(1) My colleagues and I are studying something called augmented reality (a field of computer research dealing with the combination of real-world and virtual reality)," said Christopher Dede, professor in learning technologies at Harvard University, "Alien Contact," for example, is an exercise developed for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determine their location.

(2) Events will determine whether he is right or wrong. 

14) Consider  (V.)  認真考慮 ；注意到 ；體貼；顧及；考慮到 ；把…當作

例句

(1) They also consider what makes a good shop assistant.

(2) After a year we will sympathetically consider an application for reinstatement. 

15) be highly/well considered 受人尊敬；爲人重視；受到高度評價

例句

(1) When these arrangements had been well considered and were fully understood by all five, it was time to begin to carry them into execution. 

(2) Traditionally, the physician considered to be well - educated - income, and highly autonomy professional. 

16) theory of evolution  進化論(演化論)

17) individual (N./ Adj.) 個體； 個人的 ；獨特的

例句

(1) n this situation, only government can protect the economy as a whole, because most individuals and companies are involved in the self-defeating behavior of self-protection.

(2) For an individual sundew it looks like its better

18) adopt (V.) 領養； 接受；採用；採納； 選定

例句

(1) Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.

(2) The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate. 

19) biological (Adj.) 生物的；與生命過程有關的； 生物（洗滌）的；加（生化）酶的； 生化武器的

例句

(1) Such a war could result in the use of chemical and biological weapons. 

(2) he living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes. 

20) structure (V./ N.) 結構；構造

例句

(1) Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness. 

(2) Kapur points out that while the model adopted by many teachers when introducing students to new knowledge―providing lots of structure and guidance early on, until the students show that they can do it on their own―makes intuitive sense, it may not be the best way to promote learning.