2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(三)

2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(三)

Confirm

用法：If something confirms what you believe， suspect， or fear， it shows that it is definitely true.

例句：①If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions， the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions， the scientists must search further. （1996-01）

②This supposition was confirmed by missions to the Moon such as Surveyor and Apollo.（2002-08）

Consistent

用法：Someone who is consistent always behaves in the same way， has the same attitudes towards people or things， or achieves the same level of success in something.

例句：Most important， perhaps， was that they had all maintained with a certain fidelity a manner of technique and composition consistent with those of America’s first popular landscape artist， Thomas Cole， who built a career painting the Catskill Mountain scenery bordering the Hudson River. （1999-05）

Constant

用法：You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.

例句：Notwithstanding preening and constant care， the marvelously intricate structure of a bird’s Feather inevitably wears out. （2001-05）

Consume

用法：① If you consume something， you eat or drink it. （FORMAL）

② If a feeling or idea consumes you， it affects you very strongly indeed.

例句：① Neolithic farmers usually raised more food than they could consume， and their surpluses permitted larger， healthier populations. （2002-09）

② The memories consumed him.

Contain

用法：①If something such as a box， bag， room， or place contains things， those things are inside it.

②If a substance contains something， that thing is a part of it.

例句：① Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater because music， dance， masks， and costumes were almost always used. （1995-08）

② They contained niches for ceremonial objects， a central fire pit， and holes in the floor for communicating with the spirits of tribal ancestors. （1995-12）