Maintain, to preserve or keep things as they are.維修保養(yǎng)，保持事物他們原來的樣子

Our quality is excellent, so your job is to maintain our high standards and improve them if you can.我們的品質(zhì)是卓越的，因此你的工作是維持我們的高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和盡你所能改善他們

These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.這些歷史性的建筑物很老了，需要去維修

Disrupt, to cause disorder or confusion.破壞，導(dǎo)致混亂

Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.智能手機(jī)已經(jīng)破壞了我們的生活方式

Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.投資者們想要投資那些打亂做事方式的公司

（Sometimes disruptive technologies change the world in ways we don't like.）有時破壞性創(chuàng)新技術(shù)以我們不喜歡的方式改變世界

Settle, to calm things down or end a conflict or disagreement.解決、使事情平靜下來，或結(jié)束矛盾或分歧

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

If we can't agree, we'll have to go to a court to settle our differences.如果我不同意，我們將不得不去法庭解決我們的爭執(zhí)

Solve, to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.解決，想出或找到問題的答案或解決方案

The problem is difficult, so we need to find a way to solve it.問題很困難，因此我需要找到解決的方法

We can't solve that problem without using a computer.不使用電腦，我不能解決那個問題

Prove, to use evidence or logic to support an idea.證明，使用證據(jù)或邏輯支持一個想法

The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed the crime.警察不得不釋放他因?yàn)樗麄冏C明他犯罪

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