TOEFL词汇每日一题：intense

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　　These plates move over the semimolten lower mantle to produce all of the major topographical features of the Earth. Active zones where intense deformation occurs are confined to the narrow, interconnecting boundaries of contact of the plates.

　　The word "intense" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) surface

　　(B) sudden

　　(C) rare

　　(D) extreme

　　正确答案：D

　　托福词汇：intense 英[?n'tens]美[?n?t?ns]

　　adj.热情的，强烈的，紧张的;热烈的，热情的，认真的;[摄](底片)明暗...

　　最高级:intensest;比较级:intenser

　　[例句]A decade ago , google and yahoo ( yhoo ) entered into a similarly intense competition over search.十年前在搜索领域，谷歌和雅虎(Yahoo)也有过一场类似的激烈竞争。