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Deface Face Di'feis V.损坏 英 V.损坏(Spoil Appearance Sth

单词 deface
音标 [di'feis]
解释 v.损坏
红宝书 【英】 v.损坏(spoil the appearance of sth by damaging the surface)
【记】 de(变坏)+face(脸面) →把脸面弄坏→损坏
字源 deface (v.)
mid-14c., "to obliterate," from Old French desfacier "mutilate, destroy, disfigure," from des- "away from" (see dis-) + Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Weaker sense of "to mar, make ugly" is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing.
不择手段背单词 v. 损坏(外貌、表层、功用、价值或影响); 使变丑 = disfigure
【记】de不好的动作, face脸-把脸弄坏-使变丑
趣味全助记 【记】de 不好 + face 脸→把脸弄坏→损坏
【相关】efface 更干脆,没脸→抹掉

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