TOEFL詞匯每日一題：appreciation

　　Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human well-being.

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

　　(A) ignorance

　　(B) recognition

　　(C) tolerance

　　(D) forgiveness

　　正確答案： B

　　托福詞匯：appreciation

　　n.欣賞，鑒賞;感謝;評(píng)估，評(píng)價(jià);(尤指土地或財(cái)產(chǎn)的)增值

　　名詞復(fù)數(shù):appreciations

　　[例句]Institutional investors are also looking to hard assets to strike a balance between income and capital appreciation.機(jī)構(gòu)投資者也將目光投向了硬資產(chǎn)，以求在收入和資本升值之間取得平衡。