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词汇讲解：

1. function vi.工作, 运行, 起作用
例句：The sofa functions as a bed at night.
这沙发在夜里可以当床。

2. monitor vt.监听, 监视；监测, 检测
例句：You must monitor the latest intelligence on armaments.
你们必须密切注意有关军备的最新情报。

3. aftermath n. （战争、事故、不快事情的）后果，创伤
例句：In the aftermath of the hurricane, many people's homes were destroyed.
飓风的后果是许多人的房屋被毁。

4. determine vt. 确定;测定
例句：They have determined where the new school will be built.
他们已确定这所新的学校将建造在什么地方。

5. complex adj. 复杂的; 难懂的; 费解的
例句：What he said was too complex for me to understand.
他说的太复杂了, 我无法了解。

6. issue vt. 发表, 发布
例句：The inspiring call was issued by the President.
这鼓舞人心的号召是总统发出的。

7. suggest vt. 表明，意思是
例句：The ring suggests that he was on the scene of the crime.
这只戒指表明他在作案现场。

8. sequence n. 有关联的一组事物, 一连串
例句：He had to attend a sequence of meetings.
他得参加一系列会议。

9. obtain vt. 获得, 得到; 买到
例句：This obtained him respect.
这使他受到尊敬。

10. measure vt. 测量;计量
例句：We measured the distance.
我们测量了距离。