figment

英 ['fɪgm(ə)nt]美 ['fɪɡmənt]
  • n. 虚构的事；臆造的事物
TEM8 GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

figment 虚构

来自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏，捏造，形成，词源同dough, fiction. 引申词义虚构。

英文词源

figment (n.)
early 15c., "something invented or imagined, a myth or fable; deceitful practice; false doctrine," from Latin figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)). Related: Figmental; figmentary.

双语例句

1. The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.
那个人影无声无息地消失了,仿佛一切只是她的凭空想像.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The attack wasn't just a figment of my imagination.
袭击可不是我凭空想象出来的。
来自辞典例句
3. Yes. You are a figment of the past!
对,你是过去的幻影!
来自辞典例句
4. Is this spider thing a figment of your imagination, too?
这个什么毒蜘蛛的东西也是你凭空杜撰出来的 吧 ?
来自电影对白
5. He's a figment, a cipher, jabberwocky.
他是一个假象, 一个幻影, 一句空话.
来自电影对白