Vocabolario TOEFL

A formal release from having to meet a particular academic requirement.

免修；要求豁免

make practical use of a legally recognized freedom or entitlement

行使权利

show artworks or objects in a public display

展出；公开展示艺术作品或物件

organized public display of artworks or other objects

展览；供人参观的有组织作品或物件展示

to be real or to be present in a place or situation

存在

planet outside our solar system

系外行星；太阳系外行星

releasing heat to the surroundings

放热的

to become larger or broader in size, scope, or coverage, or make something do so

扩大；扩展；使扩大

an increase in the size, scope, or coverage of something

扩张；扩大；扩展

to believe that something is likely to happen or be true

预期；预计；认为可能发生

A belief about what is likely to happen.

预期；对可能发生之事的看法

to have an event happen to you or to undergo a particular condition

经历；体验；遭受

controlled test of an idea

实验；用于检验观点并考察因果关系的受控过程

using experiments to test ideas or investigate questions

实验的；通过实验检验或研究的

group receiving the tested treatment

实验组；接受所测试处理或条件的群体

to make something clear by describing it or giving reasons for it

解释；说明

An account that makes a cause, process, or meaning clear.

解释；说明；使原因、过程或含义变清楚的表述

helping to explain how or why something happens

解释性的；帮助说明原因或过程的

stated directly and clearly rather than left to be inferred

明确说出的；明示的

to investigate an idea, issue, or possibility in order to learn more about it

探讨；探索

To sell or send goods or services to another country.

出口；向另一国家销售或运送商品或服务

to communicate an idea, feeling, or meaning through words or another form

表达；表述

to make something last longer or reach a greater distance, range, or scope

延长；扩展；使延伸

A family network that includes relatives beyond parents and their children, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins.

大家庭；包括祖辈、叔伯姑姨或堂表亲等的家庭网络

Additional time officially allowed for completing assigned work.

作业延期；获准延长的完成时间

covering a large area or involving a wide range or large amount of something

广泛的；大范围的；大量的

the degree or amount to which something happens, exists, or is true

程度；范围

coming from or existing outside a particular group, system, or thing

外部的；来自或位于所述范围之外的

applicability of results beyond a study

外部效度；研究结果适用于其他人群、地点或情境的程度