揽: to monopolize, to seize, to take into one's arms, to embrace, to fasten (with a rope etc), to take on (responsibility etc), to canvass...
组: to form, to organize, group, team, classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries...
高跟鞋: high-heeled shoes...
凑合: to bring together, to make do in a bad situation, to just get by, to improvise, passable, not too bad...
售票: to sell tickets...
测定: to determine (by measuring or surveying)...
生效: to take effect, to go into effect...
背心: sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)...
选拔: to select the best...
寿命: life span, life expectancy, lifetime (of a machine)...
