食物、衣服和其他必需品。

要點 我們都很熟悉secure作為“確保安全”的含義,如:secure a place;但是要注意這個詞表示“獲得”的含義也很常見,比如:secure food“獲得食物”。

settle['setl]v。 安定;定居;解決

搭配 settle down 平靜;定居,過安定的生活

例句 1。 Microscopic organisms settle to the seafloor and accumulate in marine mud。 微生物定居在海底,並積聚在海泥中。

2。 Contrary to the arguments that much of the Pacific was settled by Polynesians accidentally marooned after being lost and adrift; it seems reasonable that this feat was acplished by deliberate colonization。 有說法認為,因意外迷路和漂泊而最終孤立無援的波利尼西亞人在太平洋的大部分地區定居,相反的說法則認為這些功績是透過有目的的殖民遠征而實現的。

3。 His hypothesis received support for the fact that the greatest diversity in native American languages occurs along the west coast; suggesting that this region has been settled the longest。 他的假設得到了支援是基於這樣的事實:美國本土語言的多樣性出現於西海岸,意味著這裡是人們最早定居的地方。

settlement['setlm?nt]n。 解決;住宅區;定居

例句 1。 The settlement was inhabited by people who came from the nearby areas。 從附近地區過來的人們住在了這個住宅區。

2。 Hundreds of tiny plants still showed how the inhabitants exploited nut in nearby oak forests; but as the climate dried up; the forests retreated from the vicinity of the settlement。 數百棵矮小的植物仍然顯示了居民們如何在附近的橡樹林中採集堅果,然而當氣候變得乾燥時,森林向離居住地更遠的方向後退了。

要點 settlement雖然有“解決”的含義,但是在有關自然科學和環境科學的文章中,這個單詞作為“定居”的含義更加常見。

sibling['sibli?]n。 兄弟姊妹

例句 1。 More of a nestling's genes will be passed to the next generation if there is enough food for its siblings to survive。 如果幼鳥的兄弟姐妹們能有足夠的食物維持生存的話,那麼它的更多基因都將傳給下一代。

2。 For