fiction
/ˈfɪkʃən/noun
mass noun
1- literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people小说。
1.1
- invention or fabrication as opposed to fact虚构, 杜撰, 编造, 捏造：
the president dismissed the allegation as absolute fiction.
总裁驳回了指控, 称其纯系捏造。
1.2
- in sing. a belief or statement which is false, but is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so虚构的事; 谎言：
the notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction.
把该国说成是民主国家不过是一个场面上的幌子而已。
派生词
fictionist
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