Word · CEFR C2
confabulates
/kənˈfæbjuleit/
verb
无意识虚构；虚构记忆
confabulates is the third person singular of confabulate.
核心释义
此处指记忆错乱，不是‘交谈’义。
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- 1.
随意交谈；聊天
To speak casually with; to chat.
- 2.
商议
To confer.
- 3.
编造记忆以填补记忆空白
To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
随意交谈；聊天；商议；编造记忆以填补记忆空白；交谈；闲谈
用法In use
When my grandfather cannot remember something, he tends to confabulate, filling the gap with an invented detail.
用法提示：confabulate 用作不及物动词，表示“无意识虚构记忆、用想象填补记忆空白”。
At dinner, she confabulated about her day at school, mixing real events with things she had only dreamed.
用法提示：confabulated 是 confabulate 的过去式，后接 about 引出虚构的内容，表示“进行虚构”。
The teacher suspected that the boy was confabulating, because his account of the summer holiday mixed real places with imaginary ones.
用法提示：was confabulating 是 confabulate 的过去进行时，表示在叙述中无意识地进行虚构。
confabulate about sth
表示非正式的交谈。
They confabulated about their childhood memories.
他们闲谈自己的童年回忆。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- fabricate
- 编造（捏造虚假信息） · confabulate 指无意识用幻想填补记忆空白，fabricate 则是有意识地编造
- conflate
- 合并（将不同事物混为一谈） · confabulate 与 conflate 发音拼写相似，但 confabulate 指记忆虚构，conflate 指观念合并
- misremember
- 记错（记忆不准确） · misremember 仅指回忆错误，而 confabulate 指无意识编造新内容来填补缺失
词族Word family
- confabulates
- third person singular
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