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Amorous(a.)多情的

definition: 1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to

        sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an

        amorous disposition.

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     2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of;

        formerly with on.

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              Thy roses amorous of the moon.        --Keats.

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              High nature amorous of the good.      --Tennyson.

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              Sure my brother is amorous on Hero.   --Shak.

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     3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous

        delight." --Milton. "Amorous airs." --Waller.

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     Syn: Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted;

          ardent.

Vogue(a.)流行的

definition:

    1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time;

        temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for

        the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.

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              One vogue, one vein,

              One air of thoughts usurps my brain.  --Herbert.

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              Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself

              that the parents of the growing generation will be

              satisfied with what ?? to be taught to their

              children in Westminster, in Eton, or in Winchester.

                                                    --Burke.

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              Use may revive the obsoletest words,

              And banish those that now are most in vogue.

                                                    --Roscommon.

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     2. Influence; power; sway. [Obs.] --Strype.

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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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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Prolific(a.)多產的；豐富的

definition: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" [syn: {fecund}, {fertile}, {prolific}]

Mendacious(a.)虛假的         

definition:

1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious

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2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious

statement.

[1913 Webster] -- {Men*da"cious*ly}, adv. --

{Men*da"cious*ness}, n.

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Gregarious(a.)社交的

definition: instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude"

Propinquity(n.)接近；類似

definition:

the property of being close together [syn: {proximity}, {propinquity}]

Antithesis(n.)對照

definition: An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

Cogent(a.)使人信服的

definition:

     1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]

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              The cogent force of nature.           --Prior.

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     2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will;

        constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily

        reasisted.

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              No better nor more cogent reason.     --Dr. H. More.

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              Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.

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              The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,

              Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.

                                                    --Cowper.

     Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive;

          convincing; conclusive; influential.

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