旷野英文词典——精通英文必备（二）；另一面

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Chapter F

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fabricate v. to make up; to invent fancifully or falsely 编造，构陷
　　常见词，简单词。
　　从Weinstein丑闻之后，美国媒体上的性骚扰everywhere，还掀起了一个叫“me too”的运动。刚才看新闻，有三位老年女性站出来说川普曾经性骚扰她们:一位说川普当时打量她像是在打量一块肉;一位说川普曾拉着她的手狂吻;还有一位说当时和川普在飞机上邻座，被他摸了。川普发推，气愤地反驳：通俄门不成立了，现在又捏造出这些故事来。Fake news!在这则推文里，他就用到这个词fabricate,还用了collusion 这个C-单词。
　　只是因为在人群中多看了你一眼，你就说我性骚扰？
　　facade n. the front of a building ; false appearance 建筑物的正面；表面
　　She was nice behind her aggressive fa?ade.
　　facet n. side or aspect 侧面，方面
　　You need to take every facet of the problem into consideration.
　　facetious adj. joking; humorous; witty 幽默诙谐的
　　The teacher’s facetious remarks always had the exuberant effect; all his students loved him.
　　一浓妆艳抹的女子问大师，很急切：在这个色狼遍地的世界里，我一弱女子该如何保护自己？
　　The guru answered facetiously,“把妆卸了，素面对人！”
　　facile adj. superficial; effortless, easily accomplished; articulate
　　肤浅的；轻易的；流畅的
　　There was no facile cure for the trauma.
　　facilitate 简单词
　　facsimile n. a copy or reproduction, replica 副本，传真
　　facsimile apparatus
　　simile 比喻，和metaphor, personification等是英语中最常用的修辞手法（literature devices）之一。
　　faction n. the smaller like-minded group派系，小集团
　　factious adj. 派系的

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factotum n. a person/servant who does everything 什么活都干的人
　　生僻词，本想删掉，还是贴上来吧。

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fallacious adj. misleading; based on little information and/or unsound resources  骗人的，谬误的
　　fallacy n. error; misleading argument, false belief谬论；谬误
　　fallacious theory/argument/assumption/reasoning
　　fallible adj. liable to make errors or fail 易犯错的
　　As a human, I’m not perfect; I’m fallible.
　　fallow adj. plowed but not sowed, plowed but left to rest or to become mellow; uncultivated 耕过但未播种的；未耕过的；有潜力但未利用过的
　　a fallow market

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fanatic n. enthusiast; fancier
　　fanatical adj. full of enthusiasm 狂热的，入迷的
　　简单词。
　　If you read my posts carefully, you would find I am fanatical about interpreting poems.
　　farce n. 闹剧，滑稽剧
　　farcical adj. ridiculous, ludicrous  荒唐可笑的
　　The case has a farcical ending. The police found the young girl, who disappeared and was supposed to commit suicide, eloped with one old man.

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fastidious adj. fussy; very, very attentive to detail; hard to please 挑剔的，苛求的
　　贾岛was a fastidious writer. “二句三年得，一吟双泪流。”还有他的推敲故事——他原本用不着so fastidious：你去拜访朋友，当然需要敲门；深更半夜的，你的朋友可能正在meditation，也可能在酣睡，你突然推门而入，失礼啊。当然在这个故事中，两位诗人惺惺相惜，成就了文学史上的一段佳话。贾岛的诗绝大多数都是五言诗，与七言比起来，五言诗对遣词造句的能力要求更高。贾岛骑着驴子，心不在焉，冲撞了高官韩愈的仪仗队，no wonder! 那是个璀璨的年代，空气中都弥漫着诗歌的味道。朝廷成就，民间疾苦，战乱分离，爱情友情，塞外江南，春夏秋冬，一草一木，一粥一饭，皆可入诗。
　　诗人之间的对话开始了：
　　“‘推’好，还是‘敲’好，on earth？
　　‘敲’好！‘敲’好！！
　　Cannot agree more.”
　　我有个朋友是个fastidious dresser，随时准备接见外宾：衣服总是一丝不苟，皮鞋光可鉴人，头发纹丝不乱、油光铮亮——苍蝇落在上面，打个滚就恨恨地飞走了。
　　如果你有个fastidious的老师或上司，那么，抱抱。
　　这个词在《呼啸》第10章：
　　He looked vexed, and suggested the kitchen as a more suitable place for him. Mrs. Linton eyed him with a droll expression—half angry, half laughing at his FASTIDIOUSNESS.
　　‘No,’ she added, after a while; ‘I cannot sit in the kitchen. Set two tables here, Ellen: one for your master and Miss Isabella, being gentry; the other for Heathcliff and myself, being of the lower orders. Will that please you, dear? Or must I have a fire lighted elsewhere? If so, give directions. I’ll run down and secure my guest. I’m afraid the joy is too great to be real!’
　　Heathcliff 消失多年后归来，如何接待他，Linton和Catherine争执起来。
　　half angry, half laughing at his fastidiousness：一半是愤怒，一半是嘲笑他的苛刻。
　　下一段的“Will that please you, dear?”与这词有着关系。

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fathom v. to comprehend; to uncover 理解，探寻 n. 6 feet 英寻
　　归来后的Heathcliff was mysterious; his facial expression was unfathomable.
　　fatuous adj. fatheaded, foolish, silly, idiotic, inane…
　　fawn n. a young deer 幼鹿 v. to grovel, yield, submit 巴结，讨好，卑躬屈膝
　　fawning adj. gaining favors by using flattery; acting like a sycophant, a toady; flattering; catering 奉承的，巴结的
　　I cannot bear the fawning colleagues in my working place; they always fawn over the boss. So, I quit.
　　这个词在《呼啸》第27章：
　　‘Keep your eft’s fingers off; and move, or I’ll kick you!’ cried Heathcliff, brutally repulsing her. ‘I’d rather be hugged by a snake. How the devil can you dream of FAWNING on me? I detest you!’
　　He shrugged his shoulders: shook himself, indeed, as if his flesh crept with aversion; and thrust back his chair;
　　How the devil can you dream of fawning on me? I detest you! 你他妈的怎么会想到巴结我？我对你痛恨至极！

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Fa-补充一词。
　　faux pas n. an awkward social mistake; social blunder 失礼
　　在禁止吸烟处喷云吐雾，不仅违反了法律法规，you have committed a faux pas.

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