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fac·tious
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factiously (adv.), factiousness (n.)
adjective
of or relating to faction: such as
caused by faction
factious disputes
inclined to faction or the formation of factions
seditious
"倾向于派系,狂热的党派,不和的",来自1530年代的法语 factieux,直接源自拉丁语 factiosus "党派的,煽动性的,倾向于组建党派",来自 factionem "政治党派"(见 faction(n.1))。相关词汇: Factiously; factiousness。
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French factieux, borrowed from Latin factiōsus "busy, having powerful connections, of a faction, turbulent," from facti- (extracted from factiōn-, factiō "social set, group, faction") + -ōsus -ous
The first known use of factious was circa 1527
1 There was one of 1612 in which a crown was half covered by a broad-brimmed hat, with verses reflecting upon "the aspiring, factious Puritan," who presumed to "overlooke his king."
2 These meetings ought not to be sanctuaries for factious and flagitious fellows.
这些聚会不应成为帮派斗殴和凶残的人的庇护所。
3 Elegantly shot and edited, the movie closely tracks the new factory’s growing pains, which turn increasingly factious as the company’s management practices clash with the expectations of American workers accustomed to hard-won labor rights.
4 In the last year, Pelosi has guided her factious congressional caucus through the choppy waters of Trump’s presidency.
5 “Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs,” says Federalist 10, “may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.”
6 I will be factious for all distressed damsels; who would much rather have their cause tried by a full jury, than a single judge.
7 Incensed by the dilatory and factious proceedings of the House, Cromwell dismissed the parliament on the 22nd of January 1655.
8 “An increasingly authoritarian China, mixed with a global growth downturn, mixed with a domestic recession, mixed with a populist president, mixed with an election year, equals an increasingly factious discourse on China.”
9 The countenance is vulgar, and the expression of the features violent and exaggerated: it might stand as the portrait of a bold factious rebel for ever.
10 Mark Holden, an attorney for wealthy entrepreneurs and conservative activists Charles and David Koch, said that he is pleased that the senators were able to come to an agreement in the factious environment engulfing Washington.
11 Assuredly they are injuring, more or less, the cause of liberty, and giving all the advantages they possess, to arbitrary power; especially to the factious, despotic, and violent power of the tyrant court of Rome.
12 Given the factious legacy of the 2016 race, this path forward is more urgently needed than ever before.
13 Queen Elizabeth in January sent a delicately coded message to Britain’s factious political class over Brexit, urging lawmakers to seek common ground and grasp the big picture to resolve the crisis.
14 The factious Visigoths then dropped their strife, united in arms under King Athangild, and checked the further progress of the imperial arms.
15 Diplomacy is an inevitable, even necessary, part of running the world’s main health organization, vital to getting to factious countries to cooperate for the sake of global health, her critics acknowledge.
16 Johnson on Thursday challenged the factious House of Commons to call an early election on Dec. 12 and the chamber is due to vote on that on Monday.
17 Nevertheless, the arrival of this factious lady at so critical a moment was part of that tragic ill-luck of the King and Queen of England on which their contemporaries remarked.
18 Lincoln also warned that “a nation which endures factious domestic division is exposed to disrespect abroad, and one party, if not both, is sure sooner or later to invoke foreign intervention.”
19 Furthermore, for a few ephemeral years, a factious nation thought of itself as a space-faring people.
20 Sinn Fein appears on track to claim the top spot in elections in Northern Ireland on Thursday, marking the first time a party devoted to the unification of Ireland, north and south, would dominate in the region that remains a factious member of the United Kingdom.
3 好斗的
4 争论不休的
5 不和的
6 爱争吵的