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GMAT重点动词英英解释（120）

2014-09-16 13:20:18来源：网络

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　　646. Inflict verb

　　[VN] ~ sth (on / upon sb/sth) to make sb/sth suffer sth unpleasant: They inflicted a

　　humiliating defeat on the home team. ◆ They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm. ◆

　　Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy. ◆ The rodent's sharp teeth can inflict a nasty

　　bite. ◆ (humorous) Do you have to inflict that music on us?

　　647. Distort verb[VN]

　　to change the shape, appearance or sound of sth so that it is strange or not clear: a

　　fairground mirror that distorts your shape ◆ The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.

　　to twist or change facts, ideas, etc. so that they are no longer correct or true: Newspapers

　　are often guilty of distorting the truth. ◆ The article gave a distorted picture of his childhood.

　　648. Abuse verb[VN]

　　to make bad use of sth, or to use so much of sth that it harms your health: to abuse alcohol

　　/ drugs ◆ He systematically abused his body with heroin and cocaine.

　　to use power or knowledge unfairly or wrongly: She abused her position as principal by

　　giving jobs to her friends. ◆ He felt they had abused his trust by talking about him to the

　　press (= deceived him, although he had trusted them).

　　to treat a person or an animal in a cruel or violent way, especially sexually: All the children

　　had been physically and emotionally abused. ◆ He had abused his own daughter (= had sex

　　with her). ◆ The boy had been viciously assaulted and sexually abused.

　　to make rude or offensive remarks to or about sb: Journalists covering the case have been

　　threatened and abused.

　　649. Modify verb(modifies, modifying, modified, modified) [VN]

　　to change sth slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose

　　Synonym: ADAPT

　　The office software has been modified over the years. ◆ Patients are taught how to modify

　　their diet. ◆ We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new.

　　CHANGE

　　to make sth less extreme: to modify your behaviour / language / views

　　(grammar) a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of

　　words describes it or restricts its meaning in some way: In 'walk slowly', the adverb 'slowly'

　　modifies the verb 'walk'.

　　650. Coax verb

　　~ sb (into doing sth)

　　~ sb (into / out of sth) to persuade sb to do sth by talking to them in a kind and gentle way:

　　[VN] She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. ◆ He was coaxed out of retirement to

　　help the failing company. ◆ She had to coax the car along. ◆ Police managed to coax the

　　man down from the ledge. ◆ [V speech] 'Nearly there,' she coaxed. [also VN speech]

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