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fallible

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ADJ. /容易犯错的/liable to err. I know I am fallible, but I feel con¬fident that I am right this time.

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fallacious

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ADJ. /假的；误导的/false; misleading. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. fallacy, N.

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fallow

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ADJ. /休耕地；潜伏的；不活跃的/plowed but not sowed; uncultivated. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to lie fallow every few years.

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falter

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V. /犹豫；踌躇/hesitate. When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.

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fanaticism

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N. /狂热的，盲目的/excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause. When Islamic fundamentalists demanded the death of Salman Rushdie because his novel questioned their faith, world opinion condemned them for their fanati¬cism.

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fancy

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N. /爱好；奇特；想象/notion; whim; inclination. Martin took a fancy to paint his toenails purple. Assuming he would outgrow such fanciful behavior, his parents ignored his fancy feet. alsoADJ.

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fanfare

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N. /号角声/call by bugles or trumpets. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.

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farce

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N. /闹剧；嘲笑/broad comedy; mockery. Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a farce. farcical,ADJ.

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fastidious

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ADJ. /挑剔的；难伺候的/difficult to please; squeamish. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.

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fatalism

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N. /宿命论/belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control. With fatalism, he accepted the hard¬ships that beset him. fatalistic,ADJ.

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fathom

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V. /领会；调查，测量/comprehend; investigate. I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I’m totally clueless about what goes on in his mind.

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fatuous

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ADJ. /愚蠢的；不可理喻的；不理智的/foolish; inane. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.

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fauna

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N. /动物志/animals of a period or region. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.

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fawning

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ADJ. /奉承/courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor. fawn,V.

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faze

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V. /折磨，打击/disconcert; dismay. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.

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feasible

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ADJ. /可行的/practical. Is it feasible to build a new stadium for the Yankees on New York’s West Side? Without addi¬tional funding, the project is clearly unrealistic.

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fecundity

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N. /丰饶/fertility; fruitfulness. The fecundity of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.

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feign

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V. /假装；捏造/pretend. Lady Macbeth feigned illness although she was actually healthy.

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feint

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N. /假的，淡的，不鲜明的；佯攻/trick; shift; sham blow. The boxer was fooled by his opponent’s feint and dropped his guard. alsoV.

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felicitous

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ADJ. /措辞巧妙的；精巧的/apt; suitably expressed; well chosen. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet. felicity, N.

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felicity

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N. /欢乐；适当/happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.). She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great felicity in their wedded life.

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fell

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ADJ. /凶猛的，致命的/cruel; deadly. The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the fell disease.

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fell

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V. /放倒，打倒/cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile). Cry¬ing “Timber!” Paul Bunyan felled the mighty redwood tree. Robin Hood loosed his arrow and felled the king’s deer.

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felon

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N. /重罪犯/person convicted of a grave crime. A convicted felon loses the right to vote.

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feral
ADJ. /野生的，未驯服的/not domestic; wild. Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.
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ferment
N. /激怒；挑起骚动、暴乱/agitation; commotion. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe was in a state of fer¬ment.
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ferret
V. /侦查；搜出；赶出/drive or hunt out of hiding. She ferreted out their secret.
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fervent
ADJ. /炙热的/ardent; hot. She felt that the fervent praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved.
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fervid
ADJ. /炙热的/ardent. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
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fervor
N. /热情；激情/glowing ardor; intensity of feeling. At the protest rally, the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor.
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fester
V. /使溃烂，化脓/rankle; produce irritation or resentment. Joe's insult festered in Anne's mind for days, and made her too angry to speak to him.
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festive
ADJ. /欢乐；庆祝/joyous; celebratory. Their wedding in the park was a festive occasion.
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fetid
ADJ. /恶臭的/malodorous. The neglected wound became fetid.
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fetter
V. /羁绊/shackle. The prisoner was fettered to the wall.
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fiasco
N. /彻底失败/total failure. Our ambitious venture ended in a fiasco and we were forced to flee.
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fickle
ADJ. /变化无常的；薄情的/changeable; faithless. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle?
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fictitious
ADJ. /想象的/imaginary. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are fictitious.
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fidelity
N. /忠诚/loyalty. A dog's fidelity to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.
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figment
N. /发明；臆造的事务/invention; imaginary thing. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your imagination.
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figurative
ADJ. /比喻/not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech. "To lose one's marbles" is a figurative expres¬sion; if you're told that Jack has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.
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figurine
N. /小雕像/small ornamental statuette. In The Maltese Fal¬con, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.
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filament
N. /灯丝；精细的织物或线/fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a light bulb. A ray of sunlight illuminated the filaments of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
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filch
V. /偷/steal. The boys filched apples from the fruit stand.
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filial
ADJ. /子女的/pertaining to a son or daughter. Many children forget their filial obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.
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filibuster
V. /（发表长篇演讲来）阻挠法案通过/to block legislation by making long speeches. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster end¬lessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
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finale
N. /结论，结尾，结局/conclusion. It is not until we reach the finale of this play that we can understand the author's message.
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finesse
N. /精密的技巧/delicate skill. The finesse and adroitness with which the surgeon wielded her scalpel impressed all the observers in the operating room.
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finicky
ADJ. /过分讲究；鸡毛蒜皮/too particular; fussy. The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving over anything that wasn't to her taste.
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firebrand
N. /总惹麻烦的人，惹事生非者，捣乱人/hothead: troublemaker. The police tried to keep track of all the local firebrands when the President came to town.
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fissure
N. /裂缝；分歧/crevice. The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock.
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fitful
ADJ. /断断续续；间歇/spasmodic; intermittent. After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.
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flabbergasted
ADJ. /大吃一惊；目瞪口呆/astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise. In the film Flubber, the hero invents a remarkable substance whose amazing properties leave his coworkers flabbergasted. flabbergast,V.
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flaccid
ADJ. /软弱的；无活力的/flabby. His sedentary life had left him with flac¬cid muscles.
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flag
V. /萎缩；衰退/droop; grow feeble. When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team's spirits flagged. flagging,ADJ.
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flagrant
ADJ. /非常坏的；残忍的；恶名昭著的/conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism (favoritism based on kinship).
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flair
N. /才能/talent. She has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.
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flamboyant
ADJ. /华丽的/ornate. Modern architecture has dis¬carded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and empha¬sizes simplicity of line.
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flaunt
V. /招摇；炫耀/display ostentatiously. Mae West saw nothing wrong with showing off her considerable physical charms, saying, "Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it!"
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fleck
V. /使起斑点/spot. Her cheeks, flecked with tears, were testi¬mony to the hours of weeping.
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fledgling
ADJ. /无经验的/inexperienced. While it is necessary to pro¬vide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write. also N.
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fleece
N. /羊毛外套/wool coat of a sheep. They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.
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fleece
V. /抢劫；诈骗/rob; plunder. The tricksters fleeced him of his inheritance.
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flick
N. /轻弹；轻打/light stroke as with a whip. The horse needed no encouragement; one flick of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.
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flinch
V. /畏首畏尾，退缩；犹豫/hesitate, shrink. He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.

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