托福每日一词：compose
托福词汇的积累，是一个长期的过程，因此想要打好词汇的基础。要对一些重点词汇进行深入的复习。每日一词为大家整理了托福考试中的重点词汇。帮助大家全方位的备考。下面让我们来看看今天的每日一词吧!
来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
常考释义
1.v. 组成
to combine together to form a whole
例句：Ten men compose the committee.
委员会由十人组成。
decompose v.分解
例句：The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
细菌把牛奶分解成固态和液态成分。
2. v. 创作
to write music
例句：Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.
莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。
3. v. 撰写(信函、讲稿、诗歌等)
to write a letter/speech/poem, usually with a lot of care and thought
例句：She composed a letter of protest.
她写了一封抗议信。
4.(生气或激动后)平静
to try hard to become calm after feeling very angry, upset, or excited
例句：Lynn took several deep breaths to compose herself.
林恩深深吸了几口气，使自己平静下来。
音频中例句
1、The band was composed of 5 members.
这个乐团由5个人组成。
2、to put all the notes together to write asong
把所有音符组合在一起写出一首歌。
3、You need to compose yourself when you feel angry.
生气时你需要使自己平静下来。
练习
判断下列句子中compose的意思。
1、We can say that the properties of an ecosystem are more stable than the individual organisms that compose the ecosystem.
2、This is because insects, dead leaves from other plants or other debris land on the leaves and then get washed down into the stored water, gradually they decompose.
3、He started at once to compose a reply to Anna.
4、I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.
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拓展
1.搭配：be composed of 由…组成
compose a song/ poem 作曲/作诗
2.衍生词： composer 作曲家
composite 合成物
composition 作曲、作文
练习答案
