2020年4月2日 星期四

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A life of Françoise d'Aubigné, whom the libidinous Louis XIV chose to help deliver him from sin.

libidinous

adj.
Having or exhibiting lustful desires; lascivious.
[Middle English, from Old French libidineux, from Latin libīdinōsus, from libīdō, libīdin-, lust, desire. See libido.]
libidinously li·bid'i·nous·ly adv.
libidinousness li·bid'i·nous·ness n.




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IN BRIEF: n. - The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port.
The strategy illustrated would seem in general to be a good one: divide and conquer.

divide
━━[名]
1 分割;分裂;分配
divide and rule
分割統治.
2 ((米))分水界;分水嶺(れい)
the Continental [the Great] Divide
ロッキー大分水嶺.
3 境界線, 分かれ目.
[ラテン語dīvidere(dī-離れて+videre分かれる). △WIDOW

conquer

Syllabification: con·quer
Pronunciation: /ˈkäNGkər/

verb

[with object]

Derivatives


conquerable


Pronunciation: /-k(ə)rəbəl/
adjective

Origin

Middle English (also in the general sense 'acquire, attain'): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere 'gain, win', from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere 'seek'.


"conquer" 在汽車業的專門意義是:  從開他家車牌的車主,贏得其芳心,改買你品牌之車。


divide and conquer
Also, divide and govern or rule. Win by getting one's opponents to fight among themselves. For example, Divide and conquer was once a very successful policy in sub-Saharan Africa. This expression is a translation of the Latin maxim, Divide et impera ("divide and rule"), and began to appear in English about 1600.

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