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connive

con-nive(眨眼睛)  [共同互相眨眼睛→共謀，縱容，默許]

v.共謀 [ to cooperate secretly; conspire]

  ex.They connived to take over(接管) the business.

v.默許;縱容[ to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn]

  ex.The policeman connived at traffic violations.

  ps. connive:cooperate＝pry:watch
 暗中合作是偷偷合作＝窺探是偷偷注視

connoisseur

con-nois(=gnos;know)-s-eur

n.鑑賞家(尤指藝術品的) [A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.]

  ps. agnostic adj.【哲】不可知論的

  ps. discrimination:connoisseur 鑑賞家有鑑賞力

connotation

con-note-ation

n.言外之意

 ex. A possible connotation of home is a place of warmth.

connote v.意味著;暗示 [To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning]

1532, from M.L. connotationem, from connotare "signify in addition to the main meaning," a term in logic, from L. com- "together" + notare "to mark" (see note)

字的第一層意思用 denote, ex. the term, home, denotes a place you live

字的第二層or引申意思用 connote ex. the term,home, connotes a warm place.

ps.

annotation   n.註解

connotation  n.言外之意

denotation   n.表示;名稱

conquer

con-quer(seek)

v.征服 [to acquire by force of arms; win in war]

  ex. to conquer a foreign land

  ps. conqueror n.征服者

  ps. defeat v.擊敗，是只打贏單一戰役，conquer是取得最終勝利，通常是經過一連串的戰役。

conquest

con-quest(seek)

n.征服

n.(由征服所得的)掠奪物,戰利品

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字根 quer  quest  quisit   == seek 尋找

      quir

quest    n.探索  [a search in order to find sth. ] ( a quest for knowledge.)

            v.探索  [to search; seek]

question             n.問題      v.to put a question to

question-able   adj.有問題的

  query   n.疑問  [a question; an inquiry]

             v.詢問  [to ask or inquire about]  [廣義的用法]

inquire    v.詢問 [to seek information by asking a question]  (inquired about prices.)

inquiry    n.詢問 [有investigation意味]

inquisitive  adj.愛打聽的     (She was very inquisitive about other people's affairs.)

               adj.好問的       (The child has an inquisitive mind.)

acquire        v.獲得

acquired     adj.已獲得的、後天的

acquisitive  adj.貪得的 [tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily]

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conscience & conscientious

conscience

con-sci(know)-ence

n.良心

conscientious

con-sci-ent-ious

adj.憑良心的;有責任心的 [done according to conscience]

adj.煞費苦心的 [ careful; painstaking]

  ps. conscientious <> careless  adj.粗心疏忽的

conscript

con-script(=scribe) [把小兵們的名字寫入一張紙上→強行徵兵]

v.應徵士兵 (強制的，像台灣一樣)

  ps. enlist:conscript  自動從軍和強行徵兵

consensus

con-sens(feeling)-us

n.一致同意

 ex. there is a clear consensus about the problems

consent

con-sent(feeling)

v.同意

  ex.We asked her permission, and she consented.

 ps. assent v.同意