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【答案】 faction (n.) c.1500,from M.Fr.faction (14c.) and directly from L.factionem (nom.factio) political party,class of persons, lit. a making or doing, from pp.stem of facere to do (see factitious).In ancient Rome, one of the panies of contractors for the chariot races in the circus. 翻译如下：faction (名词) 16世纪,源自中古法语 faction (14世纪),后者直接来自拉丁语的 factionem (主格为 factio),表示 political party,class of persons,该词字面意思为 a making or doing, 由动词facere to do的过去分词词干衍生 (见词条factitious).在古罗马该词用来表示 one of the panies of contractors for the chariot races in the circus.注意到词源字典在解释词源时,一般采用逐级追溯来源的构架,即“faction源自中古法语的faction,faction源自拉丁语的factionem,factionem来自动词facere的过去分词”.