Geologists buttress their theories of volcanic activity with decades of seismic data collected from monitoring stations.
地质学家用监测站收集的几十年地震数据来支撑他们关于火山活动的理论。
Which choice best defines “buttress”?
D — To support or reinforce.. “buttress” means To support or reinforce..
Which word means “To support or reinforce.”?
D — buttress. “buttress” means To support or reinforce..
buttress — To support or reinforce.. In Chinese: 支撑；加强.
buttress is pronounced //ˈbʌtrɪs//.
Geologists buttress their theories of volcanic activity with decades of seismic data collected from monitoring stations. (地质学家用监测站收集的几十年地震数据来支撑他们关于火山活动的理论。)
reinforce, prop, shore — all close in meaning to buttress (To support or reinforce.).
weaken, undermine — each the opposite of buttress (To support or reinforce.).
Yes. buttress is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
buttress(扶壁) → 撑住墙 → 支持。