251.steer v. 引导，带领
【同】guide
Firmly, I steer them away from cheap, ugly, weakling, mail-order clones and toward absurdly powerful machines that cost a fortune and make the room lights dim when they power up.
我毅然决然将他们带离那些价钱便宜、外形丑陋、功能不全、可以邮购的仿制品，转向那些功能强大得离谱，价格高昂，而且开机时连房间的灯光都会暗下来的机种。
注： weakling adj. 瘦弱的； clone n. 复制品，克隆
252.stem v. 源自(from)；遏制
And newborn blacks are expected to live an average of seven years less than whites. That could stem from environmental factors, including access to medical care, since the gap was only six years as recently as 1985.
黑人新生婴儿的平均寿命预计比白人新生婴儿短了7年，这可能源自环境因素（包括医疗福利方面），在1985年，这项寿命差距才只有6年。
253.stimulate v. 刺激，激励
During her campaign, she predicted that the tax cuts would help stimulate job growth of 450000 over four years.
她在竞选时预言，减税措施将有助于在未来4年促成45万个工作机会的增加。
254.strain v. 拉紧，过度使用
Then there is the eye-straining challenge of reading screenfuls of text from 2.4 m to 3.6 m away --- the distance most people sit from their TV sets.
再则从2.4米到3.6米远的地方阅读充满屏幕的文字，是个极耗费眼力的挑战——这是一般人坐看电视的距离。
255.stun v. 是……震惊
【同】 amaze shock
The main charge by Onaruto and Hashimoto was that sumo is frequently rigged. And they stunned readers by naming manes and admitting that they themselves had helped fix bouts.
大鸣户和桥本主要指控相扑比赛经常作弊，令读者吃惊的是他们不但指名道姓，而且坦率承认曾参与作弊。
注： fix v. 用不正当手段操纵（选举、比赛、陪审团等），买通（法官等）；bout n. 比赛
256.submit v. 提出
Last week House Speaker Newt Gingrich sent Clinton a letter urging him to submit within a month a plan outlining the cuts he could make to balance the budget in seven years.
上星期众议院议长金里奇寄了一封信给克林顿，促请他于一个月内提出计划，开列出他为了在7年内平衡预算需削减的各项经费。
注： outline v. 概述
257.sue v. 控告
Seeking to change the system, female spies sue the CIA for discrimination.
为了改变中央情报局体制，女情报人员控告该局有性别歧视。
258.suppress v. 压制，阻止……的生长、发展
【同】restrain? restrict
I am not sure they will be successful in suppressing the flow of information.
他们是否能成功阻止资讯流动，我有点怀疑。
259.surrender v. 交出；放弃；投降
The World Wide Web, the interconnected computer universe that teems with affluent consumers whose only means of spending money online is to surrender their credit card to insecure networks…
万维网，这个由电脑所串联起来的世界里，到处都是有钱的消费者。他们在网络上唯一的消费方式，就是将信用卡交给不保险的网络系统。
注： to teem with 充满；富于
260.sustain v. 维持，养活
【同】keep going
Assisted by the assets stashed away under the pension plan, the nation’s once anemic savings rate is up to a healthy 29%. That in turn has been a factor in helping sustain Chile’s enviable 8% annual growth rate.
由于存放于退休金计划里的资金的注入，智利一度处于贫血状态的储蓄率，如今升至29%的良好状态，而这是智利能维持令人艳羡的8%年增长率的一大助力。
注： anemic adj. 贫血的；to stash away 储藏，存放