Pattern be confronted with 面对 20)(Para 11)sustain: vt 1. suffer damage, an injury, or loss of money Two of the fire-fighters sustained serious injuries. The company has sustained heavy financial losses this year. 2. make sth continue to exist or happen for a period of time (She found it difficult to sustain the children' s interest He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women. cf. undergo, experience, sustain suffer 这些动词均有“经历,经受,遭受”之意 undergo 多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险的事。 experience指亲身经受或体验某事。 sustain 指遣受痛苦或承受负担。 suffer 常可与 sustain通用,尤指受到损害或伤害。 21)(Para 12) reconcile: vt. 1. reestablish a close relationship between Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled The estranged couple reconciled after a year. (=翻脸的那对夫妻一年以后又和好了。) 2. bring(a quarrel, disagreement, etc. to an end; settle The possibility remains that the two theories may be reconciled 他们无法调和彼此的分歧 They can't reconcile their differences.) Pattern reconcile sb. to sth.(使某人)无可奈何地接受某事物 Collocations: reconcile two ideas 调和两种看法 1111 Pattern: be confronted with 面对 20) (Para 11) sustain: vt. 1. suffer damage, an injury, or loss of money *Two of the fire-fighters sustained serious injuries. *The company has sustained heavy financial losses this year. 2. make sth. continue to exist or happen for a period of time (=She found it difficult to sustain the children's interest.) * He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women. cf. undergo, experience, sustain & suffer 这些动词均有“经历，经受，遭受”之意。 undergo 多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险的事。 experience 指亲身经受或体验某事。 sustain 指遭受痛苦或承受负担。 suffer 常可与 sustain 通用，尤指受到损害或伤害。 21) (Para 12) reconcile: vt. 1. reestablish a close relationship between * Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled. The estranged couple reconciled after a year. (=翻脸的那对夫妻一年以后又和好了。) 2. bring (a quarrel, disagreement, etc.) to an end; settle *The possibility remains that the two theories may be reconciled. 他们无法调和彼此的分歧。 (= They can't reconcile their differences. ) Pattern: reconcile sb. to sth. （使某人）无可奈何地接受某事物 Collocations: reconcile two ideas 调和两种看法