双解例句
小知识
A factious group is one that breaks away, or wants to. It’s often used in politics, where people separate into smaller like-minded groups. The Confederacy was factious — they wanted out of the Union, but we know how that turned out.
The word factious looks a lot like its cousin faction, which is a small, sometimes rebellious group. Factious, then, is easy to remember, as the adjectival form of the noun faction. To be factious is to act like a faction. Among bakers, almost all agree that you have to be precise when measuring ingredients. The Brooklyn Faction, though, disagrees. This factious bunch never uses measuring cups or spoons and has called for them to be abolished.
实用短语
词根词缀
词根: fact
=do,make 表示”做,制作”
adj.
factious 有派性的,偏见的fact做,制作+ious……的→adj.有派性的,偏见的
factitious 人为的,不真实的fact做,制作+itious……的→作出来的→不真实的
n.
benefactor 行善者,捐助者bene好+fact做,制作+or人→做好事的人
benefaction 好事;恩惠bene好+fact做+ion表名词→好事
fact 事实, 实际, 实情, 真相,[犯罪]行为, 论据fact做→已经做的事情
faction 派别,宗派,小集团fact做,制作+ion表名词→[一帮人]做→小集团
malefaction 坏事,恶行male坏+fact做+ion表名词→做坏事
manufacture 制造,制造业;产品manu手+fact做,制作+ure→手工做→制造业[机器发明前用手做]
v.
manufacture 制造,加工manu手+fact做,制作+ure→手工做→制造业[机器发明前用手做]
同义词
disruptive / discordant / at / insubordinate / quarrelsome / warring / dissentious / disagreeing / disharmonious / conflicting / odds / disputatious / contentious / divisive