confabulate
英 [kən'fæbjʊleɪt]
美
- vi. 交谈，闲谈；虚构
英英释义
- 1. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- 2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- 3. have a conference in order to talk something over;
- "We conferred about a plan of action"
实用场景例句
- I'd like to confabulate with my friends at weekends.
- 我喜欢和我的朋友在周末时闲谈.
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- I know, teacher with her confabulate.
- 我知道, 老师又与她谈心了.
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双语例句
- 1. I'd like to confabulate with my friends at weekends.
- 我喜欢和我的朋友在周末时闲谈.
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- 2. I know, teacher with her confabulate.
- 我知道, 老师又与她谈心了.
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英文词源
- confabulate (v.)
- 1610s, from confabulatus, past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.
词态变化
第三人称单数: confabulates;过去式: confabulted;过去分词: confabulted;现在分词: confabulating;