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exult

ex-sult(leap)

v.非常高興; 歡躍(像拿到NBA總冠軍一樣，高興的跳起來了) [ to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant]

  ex. We exulted in our team's victory.

exult:satisfaction＝crave:longing
狂喜是十分滿足＝渴望是十分嚮往

ps.

sult = sal == leap

desultory adj. 散漫的;不連貫 [de=dis]

salient adj.顯著的;突出的 adj.跳躍的

resilient  adj.有彈力的 adj.迅速恢復精力的

fabric

n.織物 [a cloth made by weaving, knitting]

n.結構 [ framework; structure]

  ex.The whole social fabric 整個社會結構

apple:fruit＝wool:fabric   蘋果是一種水果＝羊毛織品是一種織物

fabricate

fabric-ate

v.製造 [ to make by art or skill and labor; construct]

v.偽造;杜撰 [To concoct(調製) in order to deceive]

  ex. fabricated an excuse.

ps. fabrication n.製造 n.虛構物

facade

face-ade

n.(建築物的)正面 [ the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one.]

n.虛假的外觀 [ a superficial appearance or illusion of something]

  ex. Her honesty was all a facade.
  她的誠實只是一種表面現象

ps.建前 (たてまえ)

facade是從法文來的 1656, from Fr. façade<< It. facciata, from faccia "face

-ade

a suffix found in nouns denoting action or process or a person or persons acting, appearing in loanwords from French and sometimes from Spanish (cannonade; fusillade; renegade), but also attached to native stems: blockade; escapade; masquerade.

-ade字尾它是個名詞尾，其意思是代表"行動"或"過程"，

常會出現於來自於法文、西班牙的字

同時也有英文字本身

facet

face-et(小東西)

n.(多面體的)面;(寶石等的)琢面 [one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.]

n.(問題等的)一個方面

  ex .one facet of man's total experience.

  ex. every facet of human behavior

facetious

facete-ious   [ps. facete adj.[古] 滑機的]

adj.滑稽的;好開玩笑的 (但在不當的情況下；有輕浮的意味在) [amusing; humorous; lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential]

  ex. a facetious person

  ex.a facetious remark.

facetious:speech＝antic:behavior 
輕浮的話語＝古怪的行為

facile

fac(make)-ile

adj.易做到的 [Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy]

adj.熟練的;流暢的 [Working, acting, or speaking with ease and fluency.]

  ex.a facile speaker. 指已經練到不用太多努力就很自然的可以流暢而行

-ile a suffix of adjectives Of, relating to, or capable of: audile.

-ile字尾是個形容詞的字尾，帶有"能夠"的意味在

facilities (facility)

facile-ity-es   [通常用複數]

n.設備,設施 [使人容易的東西]

n.熟練 [Ease in moving, acting, or doing]

n.才能 [指做某事很容易-->才能]

  ex. Smell is a very basic sense but humans have lost much of the facility to use it properly.

facilitate

facility-ate

v.使容易 [to make easier or less difficult; help forward]

  ex. Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.

v.幫助 [ to assist the progress of (a person).]

  ex. Zip codes are used to facilitate mail service.
  郵政編碼幫助(方便)了郵遞服務

faction

fact(make;do)-ion

n.(政黨,組織等內部的)派別 [因做事的方式不同而有很多派別] [ a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like]

  例如民進黨內部就有很多派系

n.派系之爭 [party strife and intrigue]

n.紀實小說 [來自於fact事實; 相對於fiction]

factorable

factor-able

adj.可分解因子的

  ps. 6 and 3 are factors of 18.

factorable <> irreducible  ex. the irreducible minimum.

factotum

fact(make;do)-totum(total)

n.打雜的人(家務總管) [ a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.]

電影 打雜詩人 Factotum 2005

factual

fact-u-al

adj.根據事實的 [of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts]

  ex. This advertising is informative and factual.
  這種廣告具有提供情況和符合實際的特點。