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conflate A with B
最常用结构，表示错误地将两者视为相同。
He conflates his personal feelings with the facts.
他将个人情感与事实混为一谈。
混为一谈；混淆
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混为一谈；混淆
To mistakenly treat distinct things as the same or equivalent.
He conflates his personal feelings with the facts.
他将个人情感与事实混为一谈。
混合；合并
To combine or mix together.
未能正确区分或分开；错误地视为等同
To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
故意制造虚假等同或关联,常以隐晦方式作为宣传或有意歪曲
To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
conflate
Base
原形
conflates
3rd person
第三人称单数
conflating
-ing
现在分词
conflated
Past
过去式
conflated
Past participle
过去分词
They conflate unrelated ideas.
他们合并无关的想法。
He conflated two different theories.
他合并了两个不同的理论。
She is conflating the data.
她正在合并数据。
规则动词，过去式与过去分词均为conflated
She often conflates her memories of two different vacations into one story.
她经常把两次不同假期的记忆合并成一个故事。
The historian conflated the two battles into a single event in his book.
这位历史学家在他的书中把两场战役合并成了一个事件。
The editor is conflating several related articles into one comprehensive report.
编辑正在把几篇相关文章合并成一份综合报告。
最常用结构，表示错误地将两者视为相同。
He conflates his personal feelings with the facts.
他将个人情感与事实混为一谈。
使用and连接被混淆的两者。
The article conflates two separate issues.
这篇文章混淆了两个不同的问题。
被动结构，强调承受混淆的对象。
The two terms are often conflated by beginners.
这两个术语常被初学者混为一谈。
Not this
The two concepts conflate in his mind.
Use this
He conflates the two concepts in his mind.
conflate 是及物动词，必须带宾语；错误句子中主语结构不完整，导致谓语动词缺少宾语。正确句子使用了主动语态，主语 He 执行动作，并明确宾语。
Not this
I always conflate John and Peter because they look alike.
Use this
I always confuse John and Peter because they look alike.
conflate 意为'合并'，表示将两个事物混为一体；而这里需要'混淆'的意思，指无法区分，应使用 confuse。学习者常将两者意思混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
将A与B混为一谈
Many people conflate success with happiness.
许多人将成功与幸福混为一谈。
混淆两个概念
The author conflates two distinct ideas in his argument.
作者在他的论证中混淆了两个不同的概念。
混淆不同问题
Don't conflate the economic issues with political ones.
不要把经济问题与政治问题混为一谈。
常被混为一谈
These two terms are often conflated in everyday language.
这两个术语在日常用语中常被混为一谈。
混淆术语
Students often conflate the terms 'imply' and 'infer'.
学生经常混淆'imply'和'infer'这两个术语。
Use conflate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把不同事物“con（共同）+ flat（摊平）”成一堆，联想成混在一起分不清，即“混为一谈”。
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、political commentary、editorial articles conflate 比较正式，多用于学术或书面语境，表示将不同事物混为一谈；日常口语中较少见，通常用 mix up 或 confuse 代替。
常与介词 with 连用
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