"given to faction, turbulently partisan, dissentious," 1530s, from Middle French factieux and directly from Latin factiosus "partisan, seditious, inclined to form parties," from factionem "political party" (see faction (n.1)). Related: Factiously; factiousness.
雙語例句
1. Fabvier was factious ; Bavoux was revolutionary.
法布維埃是暴動分子, 巴武是革命黨人.
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2. Many of the old puritan colonist retain their factious temperament in the new world.
許多清教徒殖民者在新大陸仍保持他們好爭論的脾氣.
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3. Many of the old puritan colonists retained their factious temperaments in the New World.