act on 奉行，按照…行動

　　同義替換：

　　be according to

　　act 原始涵義：

　　vt. & vi. 做，做事，行事;行動，采取行動The time for thinking is past, we must now act.思考的時(shí)間過去了, 我們現(xiàn)在必須行動。

　　表演, 舉動像…;裝出,假裝,做作Oliver is acting tonight.奧利弗今晚演出。

　　n.行為, 行動My first act was to run into the waiting room.我的第一個(gè)行動就是跑進(jìn)客廳。

　　真題重現(xiàn)：

　　Governments throughout the world act on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.世界各國政府都按照這樣一個(gè)假設(shè)行事：人民的福利在很大程度上取決于經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力和社會財(cái)富。(2000翻譯)

　　造句：

　　The police are acting on the information received.

　　警方正根據(jù)獲得的情報(bào)采取行動。

　　adapt oneself to使自己適應(yīng)于

　　同義替換：

　　adjust oneself to

　　adapt 原始涵義：

　　vt. & vi. (使)適應(yīng)，(使)適合She knew how to adapt herself. 她懂得如何適應(yīng)環(huán)境。

　　vt.改編, 改寫Many of Dickens' books have been adapted as films.狄更斯的許多書都已改編成電影。

　　改變…以適合(for)Many city vehicles have been adapted for use as school buses.許多城市車輛已改為校車。

　　vi.適應(yīng)于，適應(yīng)不同情況(或環(huán)境)(to)She has not yet adapted to the climate.她還沒適應(yīng)氣候。

　　造句：

　　You should adapt yourself to the new environment.

　　你應(yīng)該適應(yīng)新環(huán)境。

　　adapt…(for)改編, 改寫(以適應(yīng)新的需要)

　　同義替換：

　　make sth. Suitable for a new need

　　adapt 原始涵義：

　　見單詞22。

　　造句：

　　The author is going to adapt his play for television.

　　作者將把他的劇本改編成電視劇。

　　in addition 此外, 又, 加之

　　同義替換：

　　besides

　　addition 原始涵義：

　　n.加; 加法That is a simple addition.那是簡單的加法。

　　增加的人或事物They've just had an addition to the family.他們家里剛剛添了一口人。

　　造句：

　　In addition, reference is made to the novel techniques.

　　此外，還介紹了一些新的方法。

　　in addition to除…外

　　同義替換：

　　as well as, besides, other than

　　addition 原始涵義：

　　見單詞24。

　　造句：

　　In addition to English, he has to study a second foreign language.

　　除英語外，他還要學(xué)第二外語。