Maintain: to preserve or keep things as they are.
维持（maintain）：保持事物的本来面目。
Our quality is excellent, so your job is to maintain our high standards and improve them if you can.
我们的质量很优秀，所以你的工作就是保持我们的高标准，如果可以的话也可以改进。
These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.
这些历史建筑非常古老，需要维护。
Disrupt: to cause disorder or confusion.
扰乱（disrupt）：引起无序或混乱。
Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.
智能手机扰乱了我们的生活方式。
Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.
投资者希望投资于那些扰乱了事物运作方式的公司。
Settle: to calm things down or end a conflict or disagreement.
解决（Settle）：使事情平静下来，或结束冲突分歧。
He is too upset to think clearly, so he needs to settle down.
他心烦意乱，无法清醒思考，所以他需要安静下来。
If we can't agree, we'll have to go to court to settle our differences.
如果我们不能达成一致，我们将不得不诉诸法庭来解决我们的分歧。
Solve: to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.
解决（solve）：找出问题的答案或解决方案。
The problem is difficult, so we need to find a way to solve it.
这个问题很难，所以我们需要找到办法解决。
We can't solve that problem without using a computer.
我们不使用计算机就不能解决那个问题。
Prove: to use evidence or logic to support an idea.
证明（prove）：用证据或逻辑来支持观点。
The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed the crime.
警察不得不释放他，因为他们无法证明他犯了罪。
The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.
证明某事可以做的最好方法就是行动。
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