| 单词 | x factor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasX factor X factor n. an indefinable but important element, esp. one that sets something or someone apart; (now) spec. star quality, special talent; cf. sense 3j. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > prestige or charisma magica1616 prestige1829 izzat1857 cachet1882 yichus1890 mystique1891 charism1930 X factor1930 prestigiousness1962 1930 N.Y. Times 21 Jan. 24/3 We have to deal here with an unknown element in the disease. It is the same X factor which so regularly arises to sober man's pride. 1934 A. G. Melvin Building Personality viii. 70 We may know the presence of the x factor in personality if we discover phenomena which must be attributed to it. 1972 Times 14 Aug. 12/1 The ‘X’ factor that finally makes a man commit crime or become dangerously anti-social has yet to be fully explained. 1989 S. Holbeche Power Gems & Crystals ix. 132 The X-factor in sharing healing energy with another person is love and caring. 2000 F. Walker in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 50 The press love you. You have the X factor they can't get enough of. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Mar. ii. 20/2 Ms. Seidelman says she recognized Madonna's star quality the minute she met her. ‘She had that X factor,’ she says. ‘She had that street confidence.’ X factor j. X factor (Military colloquial), the aspects of a serviceman's life that have no civilian equivalent; pay made in recognition of these. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > circumstances peculiar to X factor1969 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay dead pay1565 imprest1568 mort-pay1588 X factor1969 1969 Second Rep. Pay Armed Forces (Nat. Board for Prices & Incomes) vi. 21 in Parl. Papers (Cmnd. 4079) 517 There are special conditions of employment..common to all servicemen and which.. make it more uncertain and on occasions more hazardous than the normal..employment in civilian life... The elements..constitute, what we have termed the X factor. 1979 Navy News May 48/3 The Ministry of Defence have proposed a substantial increase in the X factor across the board on the grounds that the elements that make up the justification for it have shifted to the disadvantage of the Services. < as lemmas |
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