Leaven

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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    酵母,酵素[U]

          2.    潛移默化的力量,促使漸變的因素[C][U]

                      The leaven of reform was working.

                      改革的影響力在起作用。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    (加酵母)使發酵;使發鬆

          2.    使漸變,逐漸影響

                      a life leavened by hypocrisy

                      受虛偽影響的生活





In this surrealist satire reminiscent of his earlier L'Age d'Or (1930) and The Exterminating Angel (1962), Luis Buñuel leavens his attack on class privilege with light comedy.





see heathen