改进: to improve, to make better...
定: to set, to fix, to determine, to decide, to order...
喘气: to breathe deeply, to pant...
导致: to lead to, to create, to cause, to bring about...
晚期: later period, end stage, terminal...
撬: to lift, to pry open, to lever open...
倚: to lean on, to rely upon...