figment
figment 英 [ˈfɪgmənt] 美 [ˈfɪɡmənt]
n. 虚构的事；臆造的事物
名词复数:figments
- When something is a figment of your imagination, it means that you made it up. It's something that might seem real, but is really not.
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- n. 虚构的事；臆造的事物
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1. Part of the answer is that those earlier profits were in part a figment of the accountants’ imaginations.
部分的原因是，那些早期的利润是会计师们想像力虚构的一部分。
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2. From a scientific perspective we may even say that the chair that you're sitting on is just a figment of your imagination, because only the eternal is real.
从科学的角度，我们甚至可能会说，你正坐着的椅子只是你想象的一个碎片，因为只有永恒是真实的。
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3. Being one myself, I know that they are not just some figment, but the truth of the matter is, gaming is male dominated, the same way knitting is dominated by females.
因为我本人就是一个游戏迷，所以知道这样的女孩绝非虚构。 然而事情的真相是，视频游戏是男人的地盘，就好像编织衣物大多由女人从事一样。
- 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" (from PIE root *dheigh- "to form, build"). Related: Figmental; figmentary.
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