Word · Frequency #19859
Fully loadedfigment
虚构的事;幻想
核心释义
常用于短语 figment of one's imagination(某人凭空想象出来的事物)。
a fabricated or imaginary idea
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A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
虚构的事
用法In use
She thought she saw a ghost, but it was only a figment of her imagination.
用法提示:figment 是名词,表示虚构或想象出来的事物;这里用在 a figment of one's imagination 这一常见搭配中。
The treasure map turned out to be a figment; no such island existed.
用法提示:figment 作名词,指凭空捏造的事物,这里在句中作表语。
Are those fears real, or just figments of your mind?
用法提示:figment 用复数形式 figments,表示多个幻想出来的念头,of your mind 说明这些念头来自想象。
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。
常见错误
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词;复数形式为 figments。
发音与拼写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。
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