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随着医学不断进步，大肚汉们可以多活些年月了。

18【verify】

V.证明，证实

a)Scientists verify that an overabundance of choice tends to bring a subtraction in well-being and happiness.

科学家证实过多的选择往往会削弱我们的健康和快乐。

b) If you forget the password, you can just verify with a handprint.

如果你忘了密码，你可以用指纹验证。（《哪吒之魔童降世》英文）

19【equivocate】

V.模棱两可地说，支支吾吾，闪烁其词

a)They waver while the latter stand firm, they equivocate while the latter are forthright.

前者动摇，后者坚定；前者暧昧，后者明朗。

b)Don’t equivocate with me. I want a straight answer to a straight question!

别跟我绕弯子，我问的问题直截了当回答也要直截了当！

20【verisimilar】

Adj.逼真的，可能的

a)The invention can provide the solar energy illuminating product with verisimilar ceramic surface effect.

本发明能够提供一种具有真实陶器表面效果的太阳能照明产品。

b)He is verisimilar to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work.

他极其谦虚，对他的工作的价值采取怀疑态度。

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01【be well-staffed】

员工素质高的

[例句]

A properly designed programme should be well-staffed and well-managed.

一项设计合理的项目应该有一个员工素质高的团队和一个管理能力强的管理层。

02【be short-staffed】

人手不够的

[例句]

Now the company is seriously short-staffed because business is picking up.

由于业务的扩展，现在公司里人手严重短缺。

03【cause friction between... and...】

人际关系里的小摩擦

[例句]

This decision has caused friction between the employees and the manager.

这项决议使员工和管理层间产生了一些摩擦。

04【stress-induced disease】

压力过大导致的疾病

[例句]

There has been a continuous search for the cure for stress-induced disease.

人们为了找到治愈压力病的方法做了无数的努力与尝试。

05【occupational hazard】

职业风险

[例句]

Every company should have goals to eliminate occupational hazards in the workplace.

每个公司都应该致力于消除在工作场所中可能遇到的职业风险隐患。

06【backbreaking/ laborious tasks】

艰辛的任务

[例句]

The toughest part of Katie’s job is n