2012托福考试:托福写作必备抽象词(十三)

2012托福考试:托福写作必备抽象词(十三)

Moderate

用法：①Moderate political opinions or policies are not extreme.

②You use moderate to describe people or groups who have moderate political opinions or policies.

③ You use moderate to describe something that is neither large nor small in amount or degree.

例句： Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated， it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate thirst. （1997.01）

④A moderate change in something is a change that is not great.

⑤If you moderate something or if it moderates， it becomes less extreme or violent and easier to deal with or accept.

Occur

用法：① When something occurs， it happens.

例句： The reverse occurs when the diver surfaces; the nitrogen pressure in the lungs falls and the nitrogen diffuses from the tissues into the blood and from the blood into the lungs. （1997.08）

② When something occurs in a particular place， it exists or is present there.

③If a thought or idea occurs to you， you suddenly think of it or realize it.

Opposite

用法：① If one thing is opposite another， it is on the other side of a space from it.

例句： The directional aspect of sound has taken on new importance as well Loudspeakers or groups of instruments may be placed at opposite ends of the stage， in the balcony， or at the back and sides of the auditorium. （2001.10）

② The opposite side or part of something is the side or part that is furthest away from you.

③Opposite is used to describe things of the same kind which are completely different in a particular way. For example， north and south are opposite directions， and winning and losing are opposite results in a game.

④The opposite of someone or something is the person or thing that is most different from them.