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factitious

adj.人为的,做作的,不自然的

难易程度:

factitious为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:factitiously 名词:facti-tiousness

词根

fact=to make(做),to do(做,为) 变化型 fect

factitious


/fæk'tɪʃəs; fæk`tɪʃəs/
adj (fml 文) deliberately created or developed; unnatural; artificial 故意创造或发展的; 不自然的; 人为的
*factitious enthusiasm 虚假的热情
* a factitious demand for goods, ie one created artificially by widespread advertising, etc 对货物需求的假相(由广泛宣传等人为造成的).

factitious


adj formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: facticius, from facere 'to do, make']
made to happen artificially by people rather than happening naturally