adj. 增补的，追加的，supplementary；n. 补充者，增补物；
[例句] ...the question of whether or not we need to take supplementary vitamins...
[例句] Provide them with additional background or with supplementary information.
n. [物]量子，定量，总量，美国昆腾公司（世界领先的硬盘生产商）；
[例句] Both quantum mechanics and chaos theory suggest a world constantly in flux.
[例句] The vaccine represents a quantum leap in healthcare...
adj. 坐着的，（指工作等）坐着干的，案头的，（指人）不爱活动的；
[例句] Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease.
n. （法律上的）效力，智力，（语言等的）气势，（动，植物的）强健；
adj. 淘气的，恶作剧的，有害的；
[例句] She rocks back and forth on her chair like a mischievous child...
[例句] He's a little mischievous.
vt. 使变软，使平静，抚慰；
[例句] The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
vi. 偷看，窥视，眯着眼睛看；n. 偷看，窥视，一瞥，看一
[例句] On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall.
vt. 假定，设想，假设；
[例句] Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness...
[例句] Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
adj. 玫瑰色的，愉快的，乐观的，一切都称心如意，〈美〉滥醉的；
[例句] Bethan's round, rosy face seemed hardly to have aged at all...
[例句] She had bright, rosy cheeks.
adj. 吵闹的，粗暴的；n. 凶暴的人，无赖；
[例句] He has complained to the police about rowdy neighbours...
[例句] There were rowdy scenes inside parliament during the debate.
vt. 潦草地写；vi. 乱涂乱画；n. 潦草的笔迹，潦草写成的东西；
[例句] He scrawled a hasty note to his wife...
[例句] Someone had scrawled 'Scum' on his car.
v. 生闷气，翻滚，强压怒火，充满；
[例句] She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething...
[例句] She grinned derisively while I seethed with rage...
n. 缝合，缝伤口，缝线；vt. 缝合伤口；
vi. 昂首阔步，夸耀，炫耀；vt. 恐吓或欺负（某人）；n. 昂首阔步，吹嘘，自大；adj. 〈口〉漂亮的，时髦的；
[例句] A broad shouldered man wearing a dinner jacket swaggered confidently up to the bar...
[例句] The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted...
vi. 赶紧避开，畏缩，退避；n. （由于疼痛，吃惊等）畏缩，退缩，[印]（洗染布时用的）绞车，六角绞盘；
[例句] Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain...
[例句] He winced at the thought of dining with Camilla...
adj. 柔软的，易弯曲的，顺从的，服从的；
[例句] ...the yielding ground.
[例句] ...the soft yielding cushions.
n. 等级，阶梯座位等的一排，一行，一层，包扎工；vt. 层层排列，使层叠；vi. 成递升排列，层叠；
[例句] ...the auditorium with the tiers of seats around and above it.
[例句] Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.
进行，爆炸，突然大作，停止运转；
[例句] 'Why have they gone off him now?' — 'It could be something he said.'...
[例句] I started to go off the idea.
上紧发条，使结束，收尾，煞尾；
[例句] The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia...
[例句] Winding up the debate, she said: 'It would immediately put up interest rates.'
adv. 在社交方面，善于交际地，在社会（地位）上，在全社会中；
[例句] ...the worst effects of unemployment, low pay and other social problems.
[例句] ...long-term social change.