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GMAT重点动词英英解释（35）

2014-09-06 21:05:47来源：网络

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　　221. Emend verb

　　[VN] (formal) to remove the mistakes in a piece of writing, especially before it is printed

　　Synonym: CORRECT

　　The date of the battle needs to be emended to 1643.

　　222. Paraphrase verb

　　to express what sb has said or written using different words, especially in order to make it

　　easier to understand: [VN] Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it. [also V]

　　223. Adapt verb

　　[VN] ~ sth (for sth) to change sth in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation

　　Synonym: MODIFY

　　Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people. ◆ These styles

　　can be adapted to suit individual tastes.

　　~ (yourself) (to sth) to change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new

　　situation

　　Synonym: ADJUST

　　[V]We have had to adapt quickly to the new system. ◆ A large organization can be slow to

　　adapt to change. ◆ The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive. ◆ It's amazing

　　how soon you adapt. ◆ [VN] It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings.

　　[VN] ~ sth (for sth) (from sth) to change a book or play so that it can be made into a play,

　　film/movie, television programme, etc: Three of her novels have been adapted for television.

　　224. Abridge verb

　　[VN] to make a book, play, etc. shorter by leaving parts out: She has been asked to abridge

　　the novel for radio.

　　abridged adjective: an abridged edition / version

　　Antonym: UNABRIDGED

　　abridgement (also abridgment) noun [U, C]

　　225. Coin verb [VN]

　　to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use: The term 'cardboard

　　city' was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.

　　to make coins out of metal

　　Idioms: be coining it (in)

　　be coining money (BrE, informal) to earn a lot of money quickly or easily

　　Synonym: RAKE IN

　　to coin a phrase

　　used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new: Oh well,

　　no news is good news, to coin a phrase.

　　used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be

　　funny: Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is 'seeing is believing').

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