1. 堅持 （替換insist）

(1). cling to

例句：Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
翻譯：與你內心最貼近的東西,切莫等閑視之。要像堅守生命一樣堅守住它們，因為失去它們，生活就會毫無意義。

(2).adhere to

例句：It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.
翻譯：折衷自己的信仰比堅持信仰要有害。

(3).cleave to

例句1：The tribe cleave to their old belief even after the European arrive.
翻譯：即使在歐洲人到來之后，這些部落仍固守著它們古老的信仰.

例句2：Permit nothing to cleave to you that is not your own; nothing to grow to you that may give you agony when it is torn away.
翻譯：不要讓身外之物纏住，不要習慣于那些被剝奪時會帶給你痛苦的事物。

(4).stick to

例句：Stick to your advantages and don’t stray from them without reasoned justification.
翻譯：固守自己的優勢，你生而有自己的特殊天賦。

2. 努力（替換struggle）

(1).endeavor

例句：Acknowledge past events, but endeavor to manage the present with a view to creating a brighter future.
翻譯：承認過去的事件，但是盡力用一種創造更光明的未來的觀點來把握現在。

(2).strive

例句：Though it might be difficult, you should strive to be patient in your life.
翻譯：雖然學會忍耐是很困難的，但是在你的生活中，你應該努力變得忍耐。

(3).exert oneself to do

例句：You never exert yourself to accomplish anything.
翻譯：失敗是因為對自己不夠狠，對夢想不夠執著。

(4).do one's utmost to

例句：We will do our utmost to help these refugees.
翻譯：我們將盡全力幫助這些難民。

3. 極其，非常（替換very）

(1).exceedingly

例句：This was an exceedingly difficult decision to take.
翻譯：做這個決定非常地難。

(2).remarkably

例句：These markets have much in common, but each is also remarkably different.
翻譯：這些市場有很多共同點，但每個市場也都顯著不同。

(3).enormously

例句：You have already contributed enormously to the construction of these defenses.
翻譯：你們為這些防線的建設已經作出了巨大的貢獻。

4．改變，轉變 (替換change)

(1). convert

例句：Innovators rarely come up with new ideas; instead, they convert old ideas into new ones, adapting them from one context to another.
翻譯：創新者很少產生新創意， 他們把老的創意變成新創意，讓其從一個環境轉換到另一個環境。

(2). alter

例句：You can alter your reality if you will create your own map and lead others in the direction you want to go.
翻譯：如果你創造自己的藍圖并且指引別人向你想要的方向前進的話，你可以改變你的現實。

(3). metamorphose

例句：We are in constant metamorphose, nothing in life is eternal.
翻譯：我們在不斷改變，生活中沒有什么是永恒的。

5. 提高（替換improve）

(1). promote

例句 : China has only one goal over the issue of Afghanistan: to promote peace and development in Afghanistan.
翻譯：在阿富汗問題上，中國的目的只有一個，即促進阿富汗實現和平與發展。

(2). advance

例句：Timid people don't get promoted. They don't advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace.
翻譯：膽怯的人不會得到提拔，他們在市場中難以前進、難以成長、也很難變強大。

(3). facilitate

例句：The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism.

翻譯：新機場將促進旅游業的發展。

（來源：英語孵化器? 編輯：Julie）