adj. 随和的，好交际的，友善的；n. 〈美〉恳亲会，〈英〉对座四轮马车，（二人座）S形椅子；
[例句] She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf, tennis, skating and bicycling...
[例句] Some children have more sociable personalities than others.
n. 脊柱，脊椎，（动植物的）刺，书脊；
vt. 超越，超出…的限度，优于或胜过…，高于或独立于（宇宙）而生存；
[例句] ...issues like European union that transcend party loyalty.
vt. 使正常化，使标准化；
[例句] Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure...
[例句] There may be some deep-seated emotional reason which has to be dealt with before your eating habits normalize.
n. 过量用药；vi. 用药过量；vt. 给服过量的药；
[例句] Each year, one in 100 girls aged 15-19 takes an overdose...
[例句] In 1970, guitarist Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.
adj. 平和的，宁静的，温和的，满意的，满足的，平缓；
[例句] She was a placid child who rarely cried...
[例句] Marcus remained placid in the face of her outburst.
n. 耻辱，污名，烙印，（病的）特征，[植] 柱头；
[例句] There is a strong argument for remaining an unmarried mother. There's no stigma attached any more...
[例句] There is very little stigma attached to crime and criminals.
vt. 象征，用符号表现；vi. 使用符号，采用象征，作为…的象征；
[例句] The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised the end of the Cold War between East and West.
[例句] ...the post-war world order symbolised by the United Nations.
n. 支流，进贡国，附庸国，进贡者；adj. （需向…）进贡的，附庸的，辅助的，支流的；
[例句] ...the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon.
[例句] …a small tributary river.
adj. 惊愕的，受震惊的；v. 使…震惊( shock的过去式和过去分词 )，使受电击，使…感到厌恶[恐惧]；
[例句] The extent of the violence came as a shock...
[例句] He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death...
vt. 使合法化，使有法律效力，使生效，批准，确认，证实；
[例句] This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology.
[例句] ...how that evidence was evaluated and validated by historians.
n. 幻影，幽灵，错觉，恐惧的事物；adj. 幽灵似的，幻影的，虚幻的，虚构的；
[例句] They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms...
[例句] The phantom used to appear unexpectedly, but mostly during the winter.
vi. 小心翼翼地移动，徘徊；vt. （动物）潜行（为捕猎等），潜行（图谋不轨等），（因无聊、焦躁等）徘徊；n. （动物）悄然潜行（以觅食），人)（人为抓捕或行窃等）悄悄巡行以寻找；
[例句] Policemen prowled around the building.
[例句] Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples...
n. 推测，猜测；vt. 臆测，推断，揣测；vi. 猜想；
[例句] There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened...
[例句] He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
adj. 酸的，辛辣的，尖刻的，严厉的；n. 果馅饼，轻佻的女人，妓女，小妞；vt. 将某人打扮得妖艳，将某物装饰得俗气；
[例句] ...jam tarts.
[例句] ...a slice of home-made tart.
v. 死亡，枯萎（ die的过去式和过去分词 ），死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）；adj. 死亡的，消逝的；
[例句] A year later my dog died...
[例句] Sadly, both he and my mother died of cancer...
vt. 使同等（level的过去式与过去分词形式）；
[例句] If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked...
[例句] Michael's roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level...
vt.& vi. serve的过去式；v. （为…）服务( serve的过去式和过去分词 )，任（职），提供，端上；
[例句] It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...
[例句] I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
v. 帮助( help的过去式和过去分词 )，有助于，有利于，治疗，避免；
[例句] He has helped to raise a lot of money...
[例句] My mum used to help cook the meals for the children...
adj. 匆忙的，贸然的；v. （使）急速行进，仓促完成( rush的过去式和过去分词 )，突袭，（使）仓促行事，催促；
[例句] A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man's life...
[例句] Someone inside the building rushed out...