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inflame

in-flame(fire)

v.使燃燒 [To set on fire; kindle.]

v.加劇 [To make more violent; intensify]

  ex.An already savage nature is inflamed to madness.

v.發炎 [To produce inflammation in (a tissue or organ).]

ps. inflame這個的意念就是"火上加油"，讓事情變的更stong的意思。

inflame <> assuage

inflamed

adj.發炎的

  ex. His inner ears were inflamed.
  他的內耳發過炎。

inflammation

in-flame(fire)-ation

n. [the act or fact of inflaming.]

n.發炎 [Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, esp. as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.]

infuriate

in-fury(anger)-ate

v.使大怒  [to make furious; enrage.]

infuriate:rage

inflate

in-flat(blow)-e

v.充氣 [To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.]

  ex. I inflated the basketball.

v.膨脹(ex.過度驕傲) [To raise or expand abnormally or improperly]

  ex. He is inflated with pride.

ps. inflation n.通貨膨脹 (市面上流通的貨幣數提高了；物價會變高)

inflate:burst

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deflate

v.放氣 [ to release the air or gas]

v.緊縮(通貨)

inflict

in-flict(strike)

v. [ to impose anything unwelcome]

  ex. The typhoon inflicted severe damage on the island.
  颱風給島上造成重大損失。

ps. conflict n/v.衝突

influx

in-flux(flow)

n.流入 [act of flowing in.]

  ex. an influx of customers
  顧客的蜂擁而來

  ex. to stop the influx of illegal aliens.

influx <> exodus n.外出

infuse

in-fuse(pour)

v.注入 [To put into or introduce as if by pouring]

  ex. infuse new life into the troops
  給軍隊注入新的活力

v.使充滿

ps.

泡茶 = infuse tea

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con-found(=fuse;pour注入) [共同注入就會使人混亂]

v.使混亂;使困惑

from L. confundere "to confuse," lit. "to pour

ex. confused adj.困惑的

informed

inform-ed

adj.見多識廣的 [having or prepared with information or knowledge]

adj.根據情報的 [Possessing, displaying, or based on reliable information]

ps. information n.資訊

infraction

in-fract(break)-ion

n.違犯 [breach; violation; infringement]

  ex. an infraction of a moral/social code.

ps. 你有沒有覺得fract 跟break的發音很像呢。

事實上，就是音相同，而有能互換。

infringe

in-fringe

v.違犯 [ to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress]

  ex. They infringe the principle of non-discrimination.
  他們違犯了非歧視原則。