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diverse

di-vers(turn)-e

adj.多種多樣的

  ex. Society is now much more diverse than ever before.

adj.不同的

diversity

di-vers-ity

n.不同;多樣性

  ex. diversity of opinions

  ex. a great diversity of interests.

divert

di-vert(turn)

v.使轉向

  ex. They diverted the river while they were building the dam.

v.轉移;使分心 [To distract]

v.娛樂 [把注意力從煩惱上轉移開] [To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares]

  ex. He can always invent a new game to divert the children.

divest

di-vest(dress)

v.使脫去 [to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.]

  ex. The winter divested the trees of their leaves.

v.剝奪 [To deprive]

v.免去 [ to rid of or free from]

  ex. He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision.

ps.

vest          n.背心

vestment  n.祭袍

divestiture

di-vest-i-ture

n.脫去(衣服)

n.剝奪財產,權利,稱號

divine

a.神的,神性的 [Having the nature of or being a deity.]

  ex. He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.

v.占卜;預言(以靈感來知道) [To foretell through or as if through the art of divination]

字源：from divus "a god," related to deus "god, deity,"

ps.

divinity 

n.神性 ex. the divinity of Christ

divulge

di-vulge(common people)

v.洩露 [to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).]

  ex. Officials refuse to divulge details of the negotiations.

字源：dis- + vulgāre, to spread among the multitude (from vulgus, common people)

divulge <> keep secret  保密

vulgar

adj.粗俗的;下流的

n.【古】庶民,平民百姓

docile

doc(to teach)-ile

adj.馴服的 [ easily managed or handled; tractable]

  ex. a docile horse

adj.容易教的 [readily trained or taught]

  ex. docile pupils

doctrine

doctor-ine

n.教義(ex.某的宗教的、某種政治的、某個科學的) [A principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group; dogma.]

  ex.Christian doctrine 基督教教義

n.學說,原理

  ex.Darwin's doctrine of evolution

ps.

doc == to teach

doctor n.博士  n.【古】學者;教師

doctrinaire

dotor-ine-aire

n.教條主義者 [people who have fixed principles which they try to force on other people.]

a.教條主義的

補充

-aire: a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French: concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.

接aire為字尾，指的某種人，由詞根來表達這個人的特色。

此字尾是從法文借字過來的

-aire = ary + ier(法文的人)