| 单词 | fabricate |
| 释义 | fabricate (once / 1734 pages) v Do you like to construct mini airplanes from kits? Work on an assembly line? Piece together Ikea furniture? Then you certainly know how to fabricate, or to put together, things. While fabricate might mean the physical act of construction, it can also mean constructing a falsehood. Watch out — those well versed in the art of fabrication might have an ulterior motive. In the movies, the bad cops sometimes fabricate evidence to make the good guy look guilty. When you tell the teacher the dog ate your homework, you’ve fabricated a pretty silly excuse. So if you’re going to fabricate the truth, get some better material! WORD FAMILYfabricate: fabricated, fabricates, fabricating, fabrication, fabricator, prefabricate+/fabrication: fabrications, refabrication/fabricator: fabricators/prefabricate: prefabricated, prefabricates, prefabricating, prefabrication USAGE EXAMPLESThe other design students helped fabricate was larger and heavier, and therefore more difficult to transport, Monterroso said. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Away from the US elections, fake news breaks down into two wider categories: That which was fabricated and that which was exaggerated or mistaken. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Her digitally fabricated image is appearing as her younger twentysomething self in the iconic role of Princess Leia in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1v put together out of artificial or natural components or parts the company fabricates plastic chairs Syn|Hypo|Hyper construct, manufacture mass-produce produce on a large scale raftmake into a raft make make by shaping or bringing together constituents 2v make up something artificial or untrue Syn|Hypo|Hyper cook up, invent, make up, manufacture mythologise, mythologize construct a myth confabulateunconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory concoct, trump upinvent spinmake up a story vamp, vamp upmake up concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up devise or invent |
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