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expressly

adv.明確地 [In an express or a definite manner; explicitly]

  ex. Tom expressly pointed out the mistake.
  湯姆明確地指出了那個錯誤。

adv.特意地 [Especially; particularly]

  ex. tools designed expressly for left-workers.

expunge

ex-pung(=punct;刺)-e

v.刪除 (刪除多餘的文字) [remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line]

  同義詞有strike

  ex. Please expunge/strike this remark from the record.

ps.

pung  == to prick 刺

pungent [pung-ent] adj.(氣味等)有刺激性的 [Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.]

acupuncture [acu-punct-ure] n.針灸

expurgate

ex-purge(v.使潔淨)-ate

v.刪除(使之純化;刪除不雅的文字) [To clean up, remove impurities.]

  ex. Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.

  ps. purge from pure adj.潔淨的

字根 quer=quest=quisit == seek

exquisite

ex-quisit(seek)-e  [carefully selected]

adj.精美的;精緻的 [Characterized by intricate and beautiful design or execution; elaborate, delicate]

adj.靈敏的

  ex. Blind dolphins have been known to survive in the wild, guided by exquisite acoustic images of their prey.

adj.強烈的

  ex. suffered exquisite pain. 

ps.

requisite   adj.需要的；n.必需品

inquisitive adj.好奇的；好問的

extant

ex-stant(stand)

adj.現存的;尚存的 [ still existing; not destroyed or lost]

  ex. There are only three extant copies of the document.

extant <> extinct  adj.絕種的 adj.破滅了的 mammoth

ps.

extinct

ex-stinct(=sting刺)

adj.絕種的

adj.不再使用的

extemporize

ex-tempor(time)-ize

v.即席發言、即興演奏 [To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice; improvise]

  ex. extemporized a speech.

  ex. He has to extemporize because he has forgotten to bring his note.
  他因為忘了帶講稿,只好即席發言

ps.

temporal    adj.短暫的  adj.世間的;世俗的

temporary  adj.臨時的

extemporize<> follow a script

text:extemporize＝score:improvise
即興演講不需要講稿＝即興演奏不需要樂譜

extemporaneous

ex-tempor(time)-aneous(adj.尾)

adj.即席的 [done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu]

Extemporaneous, extemporary, and extempore most often apply to discourse that is delivered without the assistance of a written text, though it may have been planned in advance: (ex. 之前可能有背槁過，但是在表演時沒有看的即席發揮)

  ex. an extemporaneous address; an extemporary lecture; an extempore skit.

Impromptu even more strongly suggests happening on the spur of the moment(一時興起):

  ex. an impromptu dinner.

tend  tent == stretch

tens

extend

ex-tend(stretch)

v.擴大,擴展 [To stretch or spread (something) out to greater or fullest length]

  ex. extended the radio antenna.

v.提供 [to provide as an offer or grant;]

  ex. to extend aid to needy scholars.

ps. extension n.伸長;擴大 n.電話分機

extenuate

ex-tenu(to make thin)-ate

v.減輕(a fault, offense, etc.) [To lessen or attempt to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses]

  ex. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior.
  這種駭人聽聞的行徑罪不可恕。

ps.

attenuate v.變細 v.變稀薄

tenuous  adj.纖細的  adj.稀薄的