托福詞匯題整理：support

　　If at such a spreading contact the two plates support continents, a rift is formed that will gradually widen and become flooded by the sea. The Atlantic Ocean formed like this as the American and Afro-European plates move in opposite directions.

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

　　(A) separate

　　(B) create

　　(C) reduce

　　(D) hold

　　正確答案： D

　　托福詞匯： support

　　vt.支持;幫助;支撐;維持

　　n.支撐;支持者;[數(shù)學(xué)]支集;支撐物

　　第三人稱單數(shù):supports;過(guò)去分詞:supported;現(xiàn)在分詞:supporting;...

　　[例句]Is there revenue to support the business?有沒(méi)有收入支撐這項(xiàng)業(yè)務(wù)?