名 branch，offshoot，the twelve Earthly Branches，a surname；动 prop up，put up，stick，protrude；量 [纺]count ；

[例句] 演奏钢琴的戴夫将这支曲子反复弹了两三遍。 Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.

[例句] 本赛季末只有两支队伍降级。 Only two go down at the end of this season.

support，sustain，backing，plunk for；

[例句] 六个赞助者担保了三十万元以上的数目来支持人力资源公司. Half of dozon sponsors had pledged more than $ 300,000 to back the Human Resources Corporation.

[例句] 并将在2010年～2012年总共提供300亿美元的资金支持. Up to US $ 30 billion will be provided between 2010 and 2012.

pillar，support，prop，mainstay，backbone ；

[例句] 他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。 He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

[例句] 他不久就会成为英格兰队的支柱。 He will shortly become the fulcrum of the England team.

prop up，sustain，[建] strut，brace，bolster ；

[例句] 军队声称叛军支撑不了多久了。 The army claims the rebels are on the ropes.

[例句] 长途驾驶时，腰部的支撑十分重要。 Lumbar support is very important if you're driving a long way.

pay (money)，defray，payment，payoff，defrayal ；

[例句] 该公司不得不为裁员支付4.72亿英镑的补偿款。 The company has had to make redundancy payments of £472 million.

[例句] 利息按月支付。提款须提前3个月通知银行。 Interest is paid monthly. Three months' notice is required for withdrawals.

support，stand，trestle，holder，bracket ；

[例句] 他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。 He wore leg braces after polio in childhood.

[例句] 他把牵引支架固定在船体上。 He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.

check，cheque ；

[例句] 他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。 He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.

[例句] 所有支票的收款人都应是“英孚国际语言学校”。 All cheques should be made out to "EF International Language Schools"

branch，subfield，offtake，branching，embranchment ；

[例句] 肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。 Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.

[例句] 精神病学是公认的医学分支。 Psychiatry is an accepted branch of medicine.

bronchus，bronchi-，bronchio-，bronchia ；

[例句] 她患有支气管哮喘。 She suffers from bronchial asthma.

[例句] 夜晚的湿气与寒冷对支气管有害. These evening damps and chills play Old Harry with one's bronchial tubes.

pay，expend，expenses，expenditure，defray ；

[例句] 财政部早就预测消费者支出会出现上扬。 The Treasury has long been predicting an upturn in consumer spending.

[例句] 今年的支出应正好低于150亿英镑。 Expenditure this year should be just under 15 billion pounds.

abutment，seat，adminiculum，pedestal ；

[例句] C点的竖向位移被支座所阻止. Vertical movement of c is prevented by the support.

[例句] 桥面可以在氯丁橡胶支座上自由伸缩. The deck is free to expand on neoprene bearings.

branch line，feeder，siding，lay by，lateral ；

[例句] 铁路公司修建了一条通往布赖特灵西的支线，以便直接将鱼运送到比林斯门。 The railway company extended a branch line to Brightlingsea to convey fish direct to Billingsgate.

[例句] 已经提前做出安排使新投入使用的这段高速公路与兰开斯特支线衔接. Arrangements were well advanced for linking up this newly operated length with the Lancaster bypass.

[经] overdraw，make an overdraft，draw one's salary in advance，deficit，overdraft ；

[例句] 透支的客户每月要缴纳5英镑的费用。 Customers who arrange overdrafts will face a monthly charge of £5.

[例句] 我离开剑桥时，透支了1万英镑。 When I left Cambridge I had a £10,000 overdraft.

support，assist，help，aid，boost ；

[例句] 前线的防务得到后备装甲部队的支援。 These front-line defences are backed up by armoured units in reserve.

[例句] 该机构说国际救援机构也提供了支援。 The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in.

pay ，spend，expenses，expenditure，expense ；

[例句] 他通过严格控制公共开支保持预算平衡。 He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.

[例句] 我部门对维持低水平开支有浓厚兴趣。 My department had a healthy interest in keeping expenses down.

by-pass，by-trail，branching，branch，spur track ；

[例句] 一条支路正在修建, 预计明年完工. A bypass is being built, due to be finished next year.

[例句] 提出了一种配电网重构的快速支路交换算法. A quick branch - exchange algorithm for reconfiguration of distribution network is proposed.

arrange，allocate，control，dominate，administrate ；

tributary，affluent，effluent，influent，anabranch ；

[例句] 这条河在此分成两条支流. The river divides into two streams at this point.

[例句] 看问题时, 不要把支流当作主流. In considering a problem, one mustn't mistake the nonessentials for the essentials.

advance ；

[例句] 银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。 The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.

[例句] 老板给他预支了10英镑下周的工资. His boss advanced him ￡ 10 against next week's wages.

prevaricate，equivocate，hum and haw，falter，haw ；

[例句] 他的言语支吾. There was a falter in his voice.

[例句] 他支吾地说出了几句. He faltered out a few words.