Word · Frequency #19859
Fully loadedfigment
虚构的事；幻想
a fabricated or imaginary idea
常用于短语 figment of one's imagination（某人凭空想象出来的事物）。
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A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
虚构的事
In use
She thought she saw a ghost, but it was only a figment of her imagination.
The treasure map turned out to be a figment; no such island existed.
Are those fears real, or just figments of your mind?
a figment of one's imagination
figment 几乎总是出现在习语 a figment of one's imagination 中，表示某人凭空想象出来的事物；one's 可换成具体的名词所有格或代词所有格。
The strange noise was just a figment of his imagination.
那奇怪的声音只是他想象出来的东西。
Common mistakes
The vase broke, and she picked up a figment from the floor.The vase broke, and she picked up a fragment from the floor.
figment 意为“幻想、虚构之事”，而 fragment 意为“碎片、片段”。句中要表达的是拾起花瓶的碎片，所以应用 fragment。
That strange noise was just a figment of your mind.
Connections
Collocations
- a figment of the imagination
- 凭空想象出来的事物
- The monster in the story is just a figment of the imagination.故事里的怪物只不过是凭空想象出来的。
- a figment of one's imagination
- 某人想象中的虚构事物
- He thought he saw a ghost, but it was a figment of his imagination.他觉得自己看到了鬼，但那只是他想象中的虚构事物。
- a pure figment
- 纯粹的虚构
- The reported conspiracy theory is a pure figment with no evidence.这个流传的阴谋论毫无证据，纯粹是虚构的。
- a mere figment
- 不过是虚构之物
- His fear of failure was a mere figment created by anxiety.他对失败的恐惧不过是焦虑制造出来的虚构之物。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a figment of one's imagination
- 某人臆想出来的事物；凭空想象的东西
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：幻想中浮现的无花果（fig）并不存在，只是虚构的幻影——figment。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学或书面讨论 figment 多用于较正式的书面或文学语境，常出现在 figment of one's imagination 中，表示想象或虚构的事物；日常口语中较少单独使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词；复数形式为 figments。
Pronunciation & Spelling
figment 与 pigment 押韵：figment /ˈfɪɡmənt/、pigment /ˈpɪɡmənt/，末段都为 /ɡmənt/。fragment、segment、garment、comment、payment 虽然都以 -ment 结尾，但重读元音不同，不是押韵词，只是形近。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.