2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(八)

2012托福考试:托福写作时必备抽象词(八)

Incredible

用法：①If you describe something or someone as incredible， you like them very much or are impressed by them， because they are extremely or unusually good.

② If you say that something is incredible， you mean that it is very unusual or surprising， and you cannot believe it is really true， although it may be.

例句： Of these， marine sediment is by far the most important environment for the preservation of fossils， owing to the incredible richness of marine life. （1997.12）

③You use incredible to emphasize the degree， amount， or intensity of something.

Indicate

用法：①If one thing indicates another， the first thing shows that the second is true or exists.

例句： The pressures exerted along the foot， together with the length of stride， which averaged 87 centimeters， indicated that the hominids had been walking slowly. （1998.01）

②If you indicate an opinion， an intention， or a fact， you mention it in an indirect way.

③ If you indicate something to someone， you show them where it is， especially by pointing to it. （FORMAL）

④If one thing indicates something else， it is a sign of that thing.

Dreams can help indicate your true feelings.。。

⑤ If a technical instrument indicates something， it shows a measurement or reading.

⑥ When drivers indicate， they make lights flash on one side of their vehicle to show that they are going to turn in that direction.

Induce

用法：① To induce a state or condition means to cause it.

例句： Its focus on decorative arts helped to induce United Slates museums and private collectors to begin collecting furniture， glass， ceramics， metalwork， and textiles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. （2000.10）

②If you induce someone to do something， you persuade or influence them to do it.

③If a doctor or nurse induces labour or birth， they cause a pregnant woman to start giving birth by using drugs or other medical means. （MEDICAL）

Inherent

用法：The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it.

例句： It catalyzed physical expansion， it sorted out people and land uses， and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. （1995.10）