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inborn

in-born

adj.天生的;天賦的 [naturally present at birth; innate.]

ex. have an inborn talent for languages.

ex. Unlock Your Inborn Creativity

incandescence

in-cand(bright;shine)-esc-ence [ex.candle, candid]

n.白熱光  [ The emission of visible light by a hot object.]

ex. An early type of stage light in which lime was heated to incandescence producing brilliant illumination.
白熾燈一種早期的舞檯燈具，通過加熱到熾熱狀態而發出明亮的耀眼的光

ps. Stefan's law's

物體的輻射出的功率成正比於溫度的四次方

incendiary

in-cend(fire)-i-ary   [cend是cand轉化而來的，基本上cend=cand]

adj. 放火的 [ Causing or capable of causing fire.]

ex. an incendiary bomb.

n.縱火犯 [An arsonist.]

(from videogame)

incense

in-cens(=cend;cand)-e

n. 焚香(拜拜用的香)

v.焚香

v.激怒 [to inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage.]

incentive

in-cent(cant;sing)-ive

n.誘因 [ something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.]

ex. to give people an incentive to own their houses.

字源： 1432, from L.L. incentivum, noun use of neut. L. adj. incentivus "setting the tune" (in L.L. "inciting"), from stem of incinere "strike up ," from in- "in, into" + canere "sing"

簡單來說，incentive的字源是cant唱的意思，就是說用sing;唱的方式來kindle人的動力。比方說 管 仲唱歌的故事 。

incentive <> deterrent [de-terr(frigthen)-ent] n.制止物

incantation

in-cant(sing)-ation  [唸咒語看起來唱歌的阿]

n.咒文 [ Ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect.]

ex. The act of conjuring up a spirit by incantation.
召鬼用咒語來召鬼的行動

incarcerate

in-carcer(prison)-ate

v.下獄, 監禁 [To put into jail; to imprison ; confine.]

ex. He is incarcerated in a stone tower.

聯想：carcer還長的滿像兩部車的唷，想成囚車。

字源：1520-30; < ML incarcerātus ptp. of incarcerāre to imprison, equiv. to in-  + carcer(prison) + -ātus(-ate)

incarcerate的字根carcer在拉丁文的意思是prison的意思。

ps. jail vs prison

jail關的是比較輕微的罪犯，囚犯被送到jail的判刑通常在一年以下(美國的制度)

prison通常會是重罪才會被關於此，判刑通常在一年以上。

incarcerate <> liberate v.解放

incarnate

in-carn(flesh)-ate  [使有肉體]

adj.具體化的 [ embodied in flesh; given a bodily, esp. a human]

ex. a devil incarnate = a incarnate devil (一般習慣放後面)

ex. Queen was happiness incarnate.
女王是幸福的化身。

adj.擬人化的 [ personified or typified, as a quality or idea]

v.體現; 使成化身; 使具體化

inception

in-cept(take)-ion [on the state of taking]

n.開始,開端  [the beginning of something, such as an undertaking]

ex. at the inception of...
在...的開頭

ex. Julia' s worked for that company from its inception.
自從那家公司開辦以來,朱莉婭一直在那兒工作。