facial[5feiFEl] adj.面部的，面部用的：facial cream 雪花膏 / facial expressions 面部表情

fact[fAkt] n. 1.[C]事实，现实：It’s a fact that the earth travels around the sun. 地球围绕着太阳运行是事实。/ Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。2.[U]真实性，确实性：His statement is not based on fact, but merely on imagination. 他的发言不是根据事实，只凭想象。■in fact 事实上，实际上：He doesn’t mind. In fact, he is very pleased. 他不介意，实际上他很高兴。

factory[5fAktEri] n.[C]工厂：manage [run] a factory 管理工厂 / start a factory 创办工厂 / He works at the car factory. 他在汽车厂工作。

fade[feid] v. (使)褪色，枯萎：Cut flowers soon fade. 剪下来的花朵容易枯萎。/ The strong sunlight had faded the curtains. 强烈的阳光把窗帘晒得褪色了。

fail[feil] v. 1.失败：He was ashamed of having failed. 失败了他很羞愧。2.(使)不及格：He failed (in) the exams. 他考试不及格。/ The teacher failed half the students. 老师给了班上半数的学生不及格。3.未能，不能，忘记：Never fail to write to me. 别忘了给我写信。4.使失望：He failed the trust of the people. 他辜负了人们的信任。

failure[5feiljE] n. 1.[U]失败：Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。2.[U,C]没做到，怠慢：His failure to help us was disappointing. 他未能帮助我们真是令人失望。3.[C]失败者，失败：As a writer, he was a failure. 他作为作家是个失败者。

【说明】表示抽象意义的“失败”，不可数，表示具体意义的“失败的人或事”，则可数。类例：success=成功(不可数)，success=成功的人或事(可数)。

fair¹[fZE] adj. 1.公平的，合理的：Her suggestion is fair and just. 她的建议合情合理。2.尚好的，相当的：His knowledge of the language is fair. 他对这种语言的了解相当不错。3.晴朗的：It will be fair tomorrow. 明天会天晴。4.(肤色)白皙的，(头发)金色的：English people usually have fair skin. 英国人通常是白皮肤。adv.公平地，公正诚实地：You must play fair. 你必须公正处事(正大光明地比赛)。

fair²[fZE] n. [C]集市，庙会，展览：The village has a fair once a month. 那村庄每月有一次集市。/ a trade fair 交易会 / a book fair 书籍展销会

fairly [5fZEli] adv. 1.公正地，正当地：I felt that I hadn’t been treated fairly. 我觉得对待我不公平。2.相当(程度)地：She speaks French fairly well. 她法语说得不错。

【辨析】fairly, quite, rather, very与pretty(相当，很)。1.从语气上看：这些词语气的轻重可大致描述为 (not) →fairly→quite→rather / pretty→very。2.从用法上看：(1)修饰比较级和副词too (太)时必须用rather，惟一的例外是quite better (身体好)。(2)修饰动词时要用rather 和quite：I quite agree with you. 我完全同意你的意见。/ We rather like the book. 我们很喜欢这本书。(3)修饰不可分级的形容词(如right, wrong, ready, full, empty, impossible, alone等)，通常只用quite，此时quite并不表示“相当”，而表示“完全”：That’s quite impossible. 那完全不可能。

fairness[5fZEnis] n. [U]公平，公正：In all fairness, she works quite hard. 平心而论，她工作还是比较努力的。

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