精選寫作用字
1. fast
a. 快、迅速
Fast decision-making is vital to business administration.
(果決的判斷力是企業管理的關鍵。)
b. 緊的、牢固的
One’s religious faith helps one take a fast hold on hope.
(宗教信仰能讓人能堅定信心懷抱希望。)
c. 齋戒、禁食
Some people fast themselves to improve health, to cleanse the spirit, or to lobby for people’s support.
(有些人絕食以改善健康、淨化心靈或是搏取民眾支持。)

2. fade
a. 褪色
Our clothes naturally fade to a certain degree after repeated washing.
(重複洗滌後，衣物會自然褪色，程度不一。)
b. 消退、逝去、凋零
The world’s hatred toward Nazi has largely faded away.
(全世界對納粹黨的憎恨已大為消退。)

3. fathom
a. 噚(深度測量單位)
The sonar suggested the legendary treasure might lie sunk only a hundred fathoms under us.
(聲納儀探測顯示傳說中的寶藏可能只埋於我們所站位置的一百噚之下。)
b. 探究、洞悉
Astronomers’ job is to fathom what makes the stars shine and what makes them die.
(天文學家的工作就是要探究星體興衰的原因。)

4. ferment
a. 發酵、酵母
The premium grapes, before they are turned into wine, must first be processed and left to ferment for a while.
(上選的葡萄首先必須經由加工並放置發酵些許時日後才能製成酒。)
b. 刺激、鼓動
If this new policy is given a green light, it will quickly ferment the stock market.
(若能獲准通過，該新政策將會迅速刺激股票市場。)

5. file
a. 檔案
She refuses to be a low-ranking secretary whose job is merely to type up files and organize them.
(她不願從事低階的秘書職務，只是打打字和整理資料而已。)
b. 列隊、成群經過
As the fire proved to be a false alarm, the employees filed into the office, their hearts still pounding.
(由於火警證實是虛驚一場，員工們成群返回辦公室，但人人依然驚愕不已。)
c. 提出
Anyone that files a complaint is ensured to be rewarded with deserved attention.
(任何的申訴都確實能獲得應予的關注。)

6. drain 耗盡,流失
The painfully long fraud trial has been draining people’s trust and money.
這場詐欺案的審判拖得太久，已經耗盡了人民的信任與金錢。
Plagued by the possible threat of inflation, the market finds that the expected optimism gradually drained away.
受通膨的威脅所擾，市場已逐漸失去原有的樂觀。

7. drive 動力,上升
Your comment and criticism has been the drive for our improvement.
您的批評指教是我們進步的原動力。
China has increased the tax by 10% to contain the overheated economy; however, hot money is still pouring into the market and thus driving up hope and risk at the same time.
中國已增稅百分之十來抑制過熱的經濟情勢；但熱錢持續流進市場下，希望與風險也雙雙倍增。

8. drown 淹沒；消失
The attempt to lift the ban on imports was immediately drowned in the wave of opposition.
解除進口禁令的意圖，在一片反對聲浪下無疾而終。

9. dull 緩和；減少；受挫
The tax-relief policy is designed to dull the possible harm resulting from inflation.
減稅政策旨在緩和通貨膨脹可能造成的損害。
His ambition and confidence are never dulled by challenges.
他的信心與抱負從不因挑戰而減少一分一毫。

10. dwarf 使小巫見大巫；遠遠勝過
The economic magnitude of China today has dwarfed those of its neighbors.
今中國經濟之強大，讓亞洲鄰國相形失色。
Were they put in juxtaposition, Jupiter would easily dwarf the Earth in size.
要是把地球跟木星放在一起比較，地球的尺寸顯得相當迷你。