TOEFL词汇每日一题：support
更新时间：2014-05-13 23:09:46    来源：新东方

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　　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

　　正确答案： D

　　托福词汇： support英[səˈpɔ:t]美[səˈpɔrt, -ˈport]

　　vt。支持；帮助；支撑；维持

　　n。支撑；支持者；[数学]支集；支撑物

　　第三人称单数：supports;过去分词：supported;现在分词：supporting;.。.

　　[例句]Is there revenue to support the business?有没有收入支撑这项业务？