pipe up [paɪpʌp]
提高声音，增强
And my 3-year-old daughter piped up and said, “Is that older than my great-grandmother?”
TPO3 Lecture 3
spring up [sprɪŋ ʌp]
出现;涌现;萌芽
A new plant will spring up wherever a seed falls on a suitable soil surface, but because they do not build big bodies, they cannot compete with other plants for space, water, or sunlight.
Reading: Opportunists and Competitors
outwit [,aʊt'wɪt]
以智取胜
One is that people's capacity to outwit other species, not their aggressiveness, appears to be the dominant factor in human survival.
Reading: AG
reclaim [rɪ'klem]
开拓;回收再利用
Efforts to reclaim the land and restore the basin to the fertile valley it once was…well, actually, those efforts are still ongoing.
TPO32 Lecture 3
manipulate [mə'nɪpjulet]
操纵;巧妙地处理
Then in the editing room, you can digitally manipulate these images, like you might put five or ten or twenty copies of that same dancer meeting himself in the middle of the screen, to make it look like he is dancing with himself.
TPO23 Lecture 4
trap [træp]
诱捕;使…陷入困境
Rocks trapped in ice together would have moved together when the ice moved.
TPO4 Lecture 3
block [blɑk]
阻止;阻塞
In fact, usually the system blocks anyone trying to sign up for a class they shouldn’t be taking, who hasn’t taken the courses you are required to do first as prerequisites.
TPO5 Conversation 2
obstruct [əb'strʌkt]
妨碍;阻塞
In forests, visual signals can be seen only at short distances, where they are not obstructed by trees.
Reading: Animal Signals in the Rain Forest
mess up [mɛsʌp]
陷入困境;搞糟
Professor, isn’t it possible that animals groom because they’ve got messed up a little from fighting or mating?
TPO4 Lecture 1
flutter ['flʌtɚ]
拍;使焦急
Furthermore, he noticed that as they fluttered around in the cage, they often launched themselves in the direction of their normal migratory route.
Reading: Orientation and Navigation
promote [prə'mot]
提升;推销
So it was through the NEA, the National Endowment for the Arts, um…that the arts would develop, would be promoted throughout the nation.
TPO4 Lecture 4
以上就是为大家整理的托福词汇之动词解析，希望通过这些内容的整理，可以让大家在考试中更好的运用动词词汇。