Level5-Unit3-Part2-Vocabulary

Verbs About Problems

Maintain(保持保留):to preserve or keep things as they are.

Our quality is excellent,so your job is to maintain our high standards(标准) and imporove them if you can.

These historic(历史性) buildings are very old and need to be maintained.

(Because of economic(经济) competition(竞争),maintaining peaceful:平静和平 relations:关系 isn't easy.

After their divorce they managed to maintain fairly relations because of their children.)

Disrupt:to cause disorder or confusion.

Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.

Investors:投资者 want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.

(Sometimes disruptive technologies change the world in ways we don't like.

When the volcano erupted,it disrupted air travel in the region for almost two weeks.)

Settle:解决 to calm things down or end a conflict:冲突 or disagreement.

He is too upset to think clearly so he needs to settle down.

If we can't agree we have to go to court to settle our differences.

(With the development of agriculture humans could settle down and form permanent:常驻 communities:社区.

They need a strong leader to bring them together and settle their differences.)

Solve:to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.

The problem is difficult,so we need to find a way to solve it.

We can't solve that problem without using a computer.

(He is very good at solving difficult problems,even under pressure.

They couldn't solve the problem until they could clearly define it.)

Prove:证明:to use evidence:证据 or logic:逻辑 to support an idea.

The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed:提交参与 the crime:犯罪.(犯了罪)

The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.

(We can't prove that he was there unless we can find more evidence.

She wants proof that I love her,but what does that mean:an expensive diamond ring?)

Verbs About Information

Exchange:to swap:交换 or change one thing for another.

When we buy something,we exchange money for the product.

In th human body,oxygen is exchanged for CO2 in the lungs.

(When they exchanged smiles,I knew we were close to an agreement.

During the prisoner exchange,one of the prosoners tried to escape.)

Cooperate:to work together or collaborate:合作.

Instead of competing with each other we should cooperate.

A good manager can get people to cooperate even if they are on different teams.

(He wants to do things his own way and refuses to cooperate,so we should get rid of him.

He needs to decide whether to cooperate or look for another job.)

Capture:捕获 to catch and hold something the opposite of realse.

The prisoners escaped but they were captured with in a few days.

In war,armies try to capture territory:领土 and defeat:打败 their enemies on the battlefield:战场.

(After he was captured he was held in prison for a year before he was exchanged for another prisoner.

After only a short conversation:会话 ,she had captured his imagination and hes was hopelessly:绝望的 in love.绝望的坠入爱河 )

To distribute:分配分发 or share:to pass around or give to others unselfishly:无私.

One reason that company is successful is that it has a profit sharing plan.

After the earthquake the army came and distributed food and water to the survivors.

(Nobody wanted to share their supplies,so people started fighting.

Some of their profits were distributed to the most productive employees in the form of bonuses.)

Eliminate:消除:to ge rid of(摆脱) or dispose of:处置.

Wate products must be eliminated from our bodies or we will die.

Teams were eliminated from the competition when they lost too many games.

(The goverment is doing its best to eliminate waste and reward:奖励 conservation保护.

All except two candidates候选人 have been eliminated,so now we need to decide which one to promote.)

(We need him to cooperate,instead of refusing to work with us.

If you are captured by the enemy,you probably won't survive.)