"impostor, cheat," mid-14c., from Anglo-French faiteor, faiture "evildoer; slothful person," apparently a specialized use of Old French faiture "sorcery, spell," literally "deed, action," from Latin facere "do, make, perform" (see factitious), an etymologically neutral term taken in a bad sense.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.
來(lái)自人的和機(jī)械方面的壓力可能也是一個(gè)因素。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population.