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decorate

decor(ornament)-ate

v.裝飾

 ex. decorated with flowers.

 考古：austere:decorate
 樸素的人不裝飾

decorum

decor(ornament)-um

n.端莊[Appropriateness of behavior or conduct]

  ex. In early age,grave face was thought to be the height of decorum and profundity.

decrepit

de-crepit(to burst, crack)    [ps. crep 本是就有crack破裂的意思]

adj.衰老的;破舊的 [ weakened by old age]

  ex. a decrepit man who can hardly walk.

decry

v.責難 [To condemn openly.]

  ex. She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.

v.貶低[To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.]

Usage：

These verbs mean to think, write, or speak of as being of little value or importance.  

Decry implies open denunciation or condemnation: A staunch materialist, he decries economy.

Disparage often implies the communication of a low opinion by indirection: Many critics disparage psychoanalysis as being a pseudoscience.

To depreciate is to assign a lower than customary value to someone or something: Some musicologists depreciate Liszt's compositions.

Derogate implies a detraction that impairs: People often derogate what they don't understand.

Belittle and minimize mean to make less important, but minimize strongly implies the minimum level: He belittled the child's attempts to draw. She tried to minimize my accomplishment.

ps.

descry

v.遠遠地看到 [to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully]

dedicate & dedication

dedicate

de-dic(speak)-ate

v.奉獻,供奉 [To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action; devote]

 ex. dedicated ourselves to starting our own business

dedication

dedicate-ion

n.奉獻,供奉

  ex.書的前幾頁 Dedication To Dear XXX

  考古：dabbler:dedication
  淺嚐者不奉獻

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

deduce

de-duc(lead)-e

v.推論;演繹 [ to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed]

  ex. From the evidence the detective deduced that the gardener hadn't done it.

deduct & deductive

deduct

de-duc(lead)-t

v.減除 [ to take away, as from a sum or amount]

  ex.deduct a tax from one's wages
  從工資中扣除稅款

v.推論;演繹 [To derive by deduction; deduce.]

deductive

de-duct-ive

adj.推論的;演繹的 [based on deduction.]

deed

n.【律】契據;證書 [ A document sealed as an instrument of bond, especially relating to property.]

n.行為 [Something that is carried out; an act or action.]

  ex. Do a good deed every day.

meeting:minutes＝sale:deed
會議記錄記載會議內容＝契據記載銷售內容

motive:deed＝doubt:question
動機產生行為＝懷疑產生疑問

deface

v.毀壞...的外貌 [to mar the surface or appearance of]

  ex. deface a monument

default

fault

n.不履行,拖欠 [To fail to pay money when it is due.]

n.【律】缺席 [To fail to appear in court when summoned.]

n.【電腦】系統默認值

  ps.The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.

  古：default:pay＝yield:resist 
  拖欠是不付款＝屈服是不抵抗

  default <> fulfill an obligation  履行義務