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1. reassure vt.使安心，使消除疑虑; 再对…进行保险
例句：Against my premonitions, I was duty-bound to reassure my old friend from Singapore.
尽管我有不祥的预感，但我有义务安抚我的新加坡老朋友。

2. criticize vt.批评; 评论; 指责
例句：His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children
他母亲很少指责他或她的任何孩子。

3. increase vt.增加，增大，增多
例句：The population continues to increase
人口继续增长。

4. investigation n.侦查; （正式的） 调查，研究; 科学研究
例句：We are making a thorough investigation
我们正在进行彻底调查。

5. starvation n.饥饿; 饿死; 挨饿; 绝食
例句：Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
从年初起，已有300多人饿死。

6. squeeze vt.挤，榨，捏; 压迫
例句：He squeezed her arm reassuringly
他安慰地捏了捏她的胳膊。