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artifact

art-i-fact(做)

ex.factory 工廠

n.人工製品;手工藝品

any object made by human beings, esp. with a view to subsequent use.

古代西方的藝術是與自然相對的概念。藝術的東西即人工的，非自然的

 

artifacts n.unearthed artifacts

museum•artifacts  博物館•史前古器物

 

artifice

n.奸計;詭計

 

ruse  n.策略、花招  [a trick, stratagem, or artifice.]

 use                  (use a ruse to get her love.) (使用一個花招去得到她的愛)

 

artificial

adj.人工的,人造的

adj.矯揉造作的,不自然的

Her artificial manner made me sick.
她那裝腔作勢的樣子令我噁心。

 

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字根 fact  feat == make, do

      fac

 

fact     n.事實  [形成的事]

factory n.工廠

 

faction & factious

faction     n.政黨派別、小集團(The party split into three factions.)

                                      [因做事方式不同而分成小集團]

factious adj.好搞派系活動的 [given to faction]

EX.A factious group was trying to undermine the government.

 

容易搞混的

factitious VS. fictitious

factitious adj.不自然的;虛假的
                  [not spontaneous or natural][特意去做的-->不自然的]

ex.factitious laughter (做作的笑)

 

fictitious adj.虛構的;非真實的
                 [for the sake of concealment, not genuine] [[編造出來的-->虛構的]]

fiction       n.虛構、小說

fictitious names (虛構的名字)

 

 

 

benefactor  n.恩人

malefactor  n.做惡者

 

fac-ile adj.容易做的

fac-ilitate v.促進,使容易做

 

facility  n.設備,設施 n.能力,官能

faculty n.教職人員

 

confect      v.做糖果  [一起做]

confection  n.糖果

refectory  n.(原指修道院或學校的)食堂;餐廳  [re-: again]

 

feat         n.功績, 武藝

feasible  adj.可實行的

 

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artistry

n.藝術才能 artistic ability

 

artless

adj.缺乏藝術性的

an artless translation
拙劣的譯文

 

adj.無虛飾的

artless grace
不做作的優雅

 

ascendancy

as(to)-scend(climb)-ancy

n.優勢

the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.

ascend v.上升→優勢

L. ascendere "to climb up," from ad- "to" + scandere "to climb."

參考：

descend v.下降

transcendent adj.卓越的

 

ascetic

adj/n.禁慾主義的;苦行的

ascetic•self-denial  苦行者•克己

 

ascribe to

as(to)-scribe(寫)

v.把...歸因於

She ascribed her success to hard work.
她把自己的成功歸之於勤奮。

 

aseptic

a(no)-sept(細菌)-ic

adj.無菌的

n.防腐劑

 

antiseptic

n.抗菌劑,防腐劑

adj.抗菌的,防腐的

 

asparagus

n.蘆筍

 

 

aspect

as-spect(看)

n.觀點 [看的方向]

appearance to the eye or mind; look

ex. the physical aspect of the country.