L5-U3-P2 Verbs about problems关于问题的动词

Maintain, to preserve or keep things as they are.维修保养，保持事物他们原来的样子

Our quality is excellent, so your job is to maintain our high standards and improve them if you can.我们的品质是卓越的，因此你的工作是维持我们的高标准和尽你所能改善他们

These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.这些历史性的建筑物很老了，需要去维修

Disrupt, to cause disorder or confusion.破坏，导致混乱

Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.智能手机已经破坏了我们的生活方式

Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.投资者们想要投资那些打乱做事方式的公司

（Sometimes disruptive technologies change the world in ways we don't like.）有时破坏性创新技术以我们不喜欢的方式改变世界

Settle, to calm things down or end a conflict or disagreement.解决、使事情平静下来，或结束矛盾或分歧

He is too upset to think clearly, so he needs to settle down.他太沮丧而不能清晰地思考，因此他需要安定下来（专心）

If we can't agree, we'll have to go to a court to settle our differences.如果我不同意，我们将不得不去法庭解决我们的争执

Solve, to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.解决，想出或找到问题的答案或解决方案

The problem is difficult, so we need to find a way to solve it.问题很困难，因此我需要找到解决的方法

We can't solve that problem without using a computer.不使用电脑，我不能解决那个问题

Prove, to use evidence or logic to support an idea.证明，使用证据或逻辑支持一个想法

The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed the crime.警察不得不释放他因为他们证明他犯罪

The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.证明某事可以被做的最好方法就是去做它