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factor
Something that contributes to producing a result: ingredient.
🌱The most important factor in the success of the treaty talks was the physical presence of the two presidents. 🌳In Latin factor means simply "doer." So in English a factor is an "actor" or element or ingredient in some situation or quantity. Charm can be a factor in someone's success, and lack of exercise can be a factor in producing a poor physique. In math we use factor to mean a number that can be multiplied or divided to produce a given number （for example, 5 and 8 are factors of 40）. And in biology a gene may be called a factor, since genes are ingredients in the total organism. factotum A person whose job involves doing many different kinds of work.
🌱Over the years she had become the office factotum, who might be doing legal research one day and organizing the company picnic the next. 🌳This odd word doesn't come from ancient Latin, but it was coined to look as if it did. The term Johannes factotum, meaning "Jack-of-all-trades," first shows up in writing in 1592 to describe none other than Shakespeare himself. The word gofer is similar to factotum but a bit less dignified. In other words, a factotum is an assistant, but one who may have taken over some fairly important functions. facile 1、 Easily accomplished.
2、 Shallow, superficial.
🌱The principal made a facile argument for the school's policy, but no one was convinced. 🌳A facile suggestion doesn't deal with the issue in any depth, and a facile solution may be only temporarily effective. A facile writer is one who seems to write too quickly and easily, and a careful reader may discover that the writer hasn't really said very much. facilitate To make （something） easier; to make （something） run more smoothly.
🌱Her uncle hadn't exactly gotten her the job, but he had certainly facilitated the process. 🌳Facilitating is about getting things done. Clever employees are quietly facilitating all kinds of useful activity within their organizations all the time. People who lead therapy groups or workshops are often called facilitators, since their job isn't to teach or to order but rather to make the meetings as productive as possible. Even businesses now use facilitators in meetings where they don't want any person's particular desires to outweigh anyone else's. The facilitation of a rewarding discussion should be a facilitator's only goal. Today, in recognition of the many different situations that may call for a facilitator, there is even an International Association of Facilitators.
🌱The most important factor in the success of the treaty talks was the physical presence of the two presidents. 🌳In Latin factor means simply "doer." So in English a factor is an "actor" or element or ingredient in some situation or quantity. Charm can be a factor in someone's success, and lack of exercise can be a factor in producing a poor physique. In math we use factor to mean a number that can be multiplied or divided to produce a given number （for example, 5 and 8 are factors of 40）. And in biology a gene may be called a factor, since genes are ingredients in the total organism. factotum A person whose job involves doing many different kinds of work.
🌱Over the years she had become the office factotum, who might be doing legal research one day and organizing the company picnic the next. 🌳This odd word doesn't come from ancient Latin, but it was coined to look as if it did. The term Johannes factotum, meaning "Jack-of-all-trades," first shows up in writing in 1592 to describe none other than Shakespeare himself. The word gofer is similar to factotum but a bit less dignified. In other words, a factotum is an assistant, but one who may have taken over some fairly important functions. facile 1、 Easily accomplished.
2、 Shallow, superficial.
🌱The principal made a facile argument for the school's policy, but no one was convinced. 🌳A facile suggestion doesn't deal with the issue in any depth, and a facile solution may be only temporarily effective. A facile writer is one who seems to write too quickly and easily, and a careful reader may discover that the writer hasn't really said very much. facilitate To make （something） easier; to make （something） run more smoothly.
🌱Her uncle hadn't exactly gotten her the job, but he had certainly facilitated the process. 🌳Facilitating is about getting things done. Clever employees are quietly facilitating all kinds of useful activity within their organizations all the time. People who lead therapy groups or workshops are often called facilitators, since their job isn't to teach or to order but rather to make the meetings as productive as possible. Even businesses now use facilitators in meetings where they don't want any person's particular desires to outweigh anyone else's. The facilitation of a rewarding discussion should be a facilitator's only goal. Today, in recognition of the many different situations that may call for a facilitator, there is even an International Association of Facilitators.
FAC comes from the Latin verb facere, meaning "to make or do." Thus, a fact was originally simply "something done." A benefactor is someone who does good. And to manufacture is to make, usually in a factory.🌸