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单词 concoct
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So why was the story concocted?She concocted a plan to prove it.Yet, it was perhaps better for the global economy that the plan they concocted was scuppered.To vent his anger, it was said the experienced pilot concocted a diabolical plan.Residents have reportedly concocted schemes to remove images that are sprayed on larger blocks of concrete, and sell them to art buyers abroad.He denied claims his injury was a story concocted to cover up for him being dropped and said: 'The bruise has come out right up my leg.

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concoct

British English: concoct VERB
If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
The prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
  • American English: concoct
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inventar
  • Chinese: 编造
  • European Spanish: inventar
  • French: concocter
  • German: sich ausdenken
  • Italian: inventarestoria, scusa
  • Japanese: でっち上げる
  • Korean: 날조하다
  • European Portuguese: inventar
  • Latin American Spanish: inventar

(verb) 
Definition
to invent or make up (a story or plan)
He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
Synonyms
make up
design
We may be able to design a course to suit your particular needs.
prepare
She found him in the kitchen, preparing dinner.
manufacture
He said the allegations were manufactured on the flimsiest evidence.
plot
a meeting to plot the survival strategy of the party
invent
He invented the first electric clock.
devise
We devised a scheme to help him.
brew
hatch
They hatched a plot to get their own back.
formulate
He formulated his plan for escape.
contrive
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
fabricate
All four claim that the evidence against them is fabricated.
think up
cook up (informal)
trump up
project
His projected visit to Washington had to be postponed.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of brew
Definition
to devise or plan
Synonyms
devise,
plan,
project,
scheme,
excite,
breed,
plot,
hatch,
contrive,
stir up,
concoct
in the sense of contrive
Definition
to devise or construct ingeniously
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
Synonyms
devise,
plan,
fabricate,
create,
design,
scheme,
engineer,
frame,
manufacture,
plot,
construct,
invent,
improvise,
concoct,
wangle (informal),
effect,
bring about,
hit upon
in the sense of design
Definition
to plan and make (something) artistically
We may be able to design a course to suit your particular needs.
Synonyms
create,
make,
plan,
project,
fashion,
scheme,
propose,
invent,
devise,
tailor,
draw up,
conceive,
originate,
contrive,
fabricate,
think up

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