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Defect N Latin Past Participle Deficere Fail Desert

单词 defect
音标 [di'fekt]
解释 n.缺点,瑕疵;v.变节,脱党
红宝书 【英】 n. 缺点,瑕疵 (fault; flaw);v. 变节,脱党(to forsake a party or cause)
【记】 de+fect(做)→没做好 →缺点
【例】 The traitor decided to defect .
字源 defect (n.)
early 15c., from Middle French defect and directly from Latin defectus "failure, revolt, falling away," noun use of past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see deficient).
defect (v.)
1570s, from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see defect (n.)). Related: Defected; defecting.
不择手段背单词 n. 缺点, 瑕疵 = fault = flaw; v 叛逃(背叛祖国并取得在别国居住资格); 背叛(为了加入敌对的组织)
【记】de坏, fect做-做坏-缺点
【参】defection(n 缺点; 背叛; 变节); defective(adj 智商或行为有欠缺的)
趣味全助记 【记】de否定 + fect 做,做得不好;fect同fact,factory 工厂
【相关】affect(增强 + 做) 影响, effect(affect后的结果)效果, defect(不做)缺点, infect(进面做)传染,perfect (per through + fect 做,从头做到尾)完美无缺

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