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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？