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Juxtapose(v.)並列放置

definition: place side by side

Incompatibility(n.)不兩立；不相容

definition:

      1: the relation between propositions that cannot both be true

           at the same time [syn: {incompatibility}, {mutual

           exclusiveness}, {inconsistency}, {repugnance}]

      2: (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system

         will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or

         transplanted tissue)

      3: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial

         combination [ant: {compatibility}]

Fabricate(v.)製造

definition:

     1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to

        construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

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     2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as,

        to fabricate woolens.

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     3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to

        fabricate a lie or story.

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Connubial(a.)結婚的；配偶的

definition:

connubial

      adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: {conjugally}, {connubial}]

      adj 1: of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between

             a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"

             [syn: {conjugal}, {connubial}]

Demur(v.)反對

definition:

       1: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn:

           {demur}, {demurral}, {demurrer}]

       1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on

           Saturday" [syn: {demur}, {except}]

       2: enter a demurrer

Appellation(n.)名稱；稱呼

definition:

           identifying word or words by which someone or something is

           called and classified or distinguished from others [syn:

           {appellation}, {denomination}, {designation},

           {appellative}]

Incapacitated(v.)使不適當

definition: 

     1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to

        render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age

        incapacitated him for war.

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     2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or

        of ability or competency for the performance of certain

        civil acts; to disqualify.

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Escalation(n.)擴大；增加

definition:

           an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher

           wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual

           escalation of hostilities"

Compensatory(a.)補償的

synonyme:

     amendatory, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, balancing, cleansing,

     compensating, compensational, compensative, counteracting,

     counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing, expiatory,

     indemnificatory, lucrative, lustral, lustrational, lustrative,

     moneymaking, offsetting, paying, penitential, piacular, profitable,

     propitiatory, punitive, purgative, purgatorial, purifying,

     reciprocal, reclamatory, recompensing, recompensive, rectifying,

     redeeming, redemptional, redemptive, redressing, remunerative,

     reparative, reparatory, repaying, repentant, repenting,

     restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, restorative, retaliative,

     retaliatory, retributive, retributory, reversional, reversionary,

     revertible, rewardful, rewarding, righting, satisfactional,

     satisfying, squaring

Contemptuous(a.)輕蔑的

definition:

expressing extreme contempt [syn: {contemptuous},

{disdainful}, {insulting}, {scornful}]

Pedagogue (n.)教師

definition:

     1. (Gr. Antiq.) A slave who led his master's children to

        school, and had the charge of them generally.

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     2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach

        the young; a schoolmaster.

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     3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or

        pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a

        schoolmaster; a pedant.

Anthropologist(n.)人類學家

definition: a social scientist who specializes in anthropology