| 词汇 | figment |
| 释义 | figmentfig·ment /ˈfɪɡmənt/ noun a figment of somebody’s imagination IMAGINEsomething that you imagine is real, but does not exist 某人凭空想象的事物，某人虚构的事物 Examples from the Corpus a figment of somebody’s imagination• These two men actually lived; they weren't figments of some writer's imagination.• The gymslip Lolita is not entirely a figment of the male imagination.• The carpet is a figment of the imagination: an oriental pattern of light and shadow projected on the floor.• The ugly rectory is a figment of my imagination, for there was never such a building on Wood Green.• But don't take my word for it; this is not a figment of the journalistic imagination.• It had vanished as silently as if it had been only a figment of her imagination.• Nearly three years after work had begun, the dam was still a figment of the imagination.• The Ghost of Banquo is more than a figment of Macbeth's imagination: it stands in some way in relation to his conscience.• Neither one was a figment of his imagination. Examples from the Corpus figment• Whether the circle of churches exists, or whether it is a figment of a map-maker's imagination remains to be seen.• True, the commercially successful electric car is still a figment.• No one ever turned up such a child, whose existence seems to have been yet another figment of fertile right-wing imaginations.• Suddenly, it seemed utterly unbelievable, a mere figment of her dreamlike state.• He was a ghost I carried around inside me, a prehistoric figment, a thing that was no longer real. (1400-1500) Latin figmentum, from fingere; → FIGURE1 |
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