英语词汇“fictional”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adj 2adj

Something fictional has been invented, most likely for a book, play, or movie. But if you're really self-centered, you might think a fictional story is actually about you.

As the adjective form of fiction, fictional covers all the creative fabrications that arise out of a person's imagination, which might then enter a novel, a screenplay, or some other form of storytelling. While fictional characters may be based loosely on real-life people, they never actually existed. In the movie "Citizen Kane," Orson Welles transformed the real newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst into the fictional Charles Foster Kane. Hearst never went around whispering "Rosebud."

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

fictional / fictitious / fictive

Fictional, fictive, and fictitious all branch off the "fiction" tree, but fictional is literary, fictive is specific, and fictitious is just plain fake.

The word fictional is like "pretend" with a literary bent. Jay Gatsby is a fictional character. Novels, short stories, and plays are fictional, or made-up, but there are also fictional TV shows and movies. Examples of the word:

"The author has come under fire for equating Navajo religious beliefs with the world of her fictional Harry Potter characters." (National Geographic)

"As President Frank Underwood on 'House of Cards,' Kevin Spacey is deft at playing fictional presidents." (Washington Times)

The less common word fictive describes a specific thing created by the imagination. Your pets might be your fictive audience when you practice for the talent show. If you call your dad's best friend your uncle, that's a fictive kinship — there's a little invention. Fictive in action:

"The children were then told that the adults didn't have time to distribute the rest of their stickers to other kids in a fictive class." (Science Magazine)

"I can't claim any fictive kinship here — I only met him for a couple hours." (Los Angeles Times)

Anything fictitious is also made up, but often with trickery in mind. If you tell the coffee barista that your name is Picklehead Sunshine, then you gave a fictitious name. (Unless you're reading this, Pickles.) In The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom takes on a fictitious identity when he pretends to be Dickie, a man he murdered. Other examples:

"She said she signed a fictitious contract with the company but never worked for them." (BBC)

"Authorities say the suspects opened accounts online by pairing real Social Security numbers with fictitious names and birth dates." (Washington Times)

These three words love fiction but each in its own way. Fictional loves books and plays, fictive loves the imagination, and fictitious loves lies!

WORD FAMILY

fictional: fictionally+/fiction: fictional, fictionalise, fictionalize, fictions, fictitious, nonfiction/fictionalise: fictionalisation, fictionalised/fictionalization: fictionalizations/fictionalize: fictionalization, fictionalized, fictionalizes, fictionalizing/fictitious: fictitiously/nonfiction: nonfictional

USAGE EXAMPLES

A 1934 American novel, about the eventual suicide of the fictional character Julian English, was also inspired by the tale and borrowed its title.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

From this fictional warning, it is not such a great leap to Trump’s Oceania and Putin’s Eurasia.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

“I never mistake these fictional characters for real people, but I do hear them speaking,” he writes in “The Voices Within.”

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

adj related to or involving literary fiction

clever fictional devices
a fictional treatment of the train robbery

Ant

nonfictional

not fictional

adj formed or conceived by the imagination

a fictional character

Syn

fabricated, fancied, fictitious
unreal

lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

单词	fictional
释义	fictional (once / 3655 pages) 1adj 2adj Something fictional has been invented, most likely for a book, play, or movie. But if you're really self-centered, you might think a fictional story is actually about you. As the adjective form of fiction, fictional covers all the creative fabrications that arise out of a person's imagination, which might then enter a novel, a screenplay, or some other form of storytelling. While fictional characters may be based loosely on real-life people, they never actually existed. In the movie "Citizen Kane," Orson Welles transformed the real newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst into the fictional Charles Foster Kane. Hearst never went around whispering "Rosebud." CHOOSE YOUR WORDS fictional / fictitious / fictive Fictional, fictive, and fictitious all branch off the "fiction" tree, but fictional is literary, fictive is specific, and fictitious is just plain fake. The word fictional is like "pretend" with a literary bent. Jay Gatsby is a fictional character. Novels, short stories, and plays are fictional, or made-up, but there are also fictional TV shows and movies. Examples of the word: "The author has come under fire for equating Navajo religious beliefs with the world of her fictional Harry Potter characters." (National Geographic) "As President Frank Underwood on 'House of Cards,' Kevin Spacey is deft at playing fictional presidents." (Washington Times) The less common word fictive describes a specific thing created by the imagination. Your pets might be your fictive audience when you practice for the talent show. If you call your dad's best friend your uncle, that's a fictive kinship — there's a little invention. Fictive in action: "The children were then told that the adults didn't have time to distribute the rest of their stickers to other kids in a fictive class." (Science Magazine) "I can't claim any fictive kinship here — I only met him for a couple hours." (Los Angeles Times) Anything fictitious is also made up, but often with trickery in mind. If you tell the coffee barista that your name is Picklehead Sunshine, then you gave a fictitious name. (Unless you're reading this, Pickles.) In The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom takes on a fictitious identity when he pretends to be Dickie, a man he murdered. Other examples: "She said she signed a fictitious contract with the company but never worked for them." (BBC) "Authorities say the suspects opened accounts online by pairing real Social Security numbers with fictitious names and birth dates." (Washington Times) These three words love fiction but each in its own way. Fictional loves books and plays, fictive loves the imagination, and fictitious loves lies! WORD FAMILY fictional: fictionally+/fiction: fictional, fictionalise, fictionalize, fictions, fictitious, nonfiction/fictionalise: fictionalisation, fictionalised/fictionalization: fictionalizations/fictionalize: fictionalization, fictionalized, fictionalizes, fictionalizing/fictitious: fictitiously/nonfiction: nonfictional USAGE EXAMPLES A 1934 American novel, about the eventual suicide of the fictional character Julian English, was also inspired by the tale and borrowed its title. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) From this fictional warning, it is not such a great leap to Trump’s Oceania and Putin’s Eurasia. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “I never mistake these fictional characters for real people, but I do hear them speaking,” he writes in “The Voices Within.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 adj related to or involving literary fiction clever fictional devices a fictional treatment of the train robbery Ant nonfictional not fictional 2 adj formed or conceived by the imagination a fictional character Syn fabricated, fancied, fictitious unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
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