confabulate，英語單詞，主要用作不及物動詞，作不及物動詞時譯為“交談，閒談；虛構”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：confabulate
- 詞性：不及物動詞
- 英式發音：[kən'fæbjʊleɪt]
- 釋義：交談，閒談；虛構
英英釋義,單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,詞根詞綴,
英英釋義
verb
1 have a conference in order to talk something over
2 talk socially without exchanging too much information
Synonym: chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confab chitchat chit-chat chatter chaffer natter gossip jaw claver visit
3 unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
confabulate /kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt/
1.V to talk together; converse; chat 交談; 聊天
短語搭配
Confabulate With 談心 ; 翻譯
雙語例句
When a patient with brain damage provides bizarre answers to questions about their life or their recent activities, they are said to be confabulating.
如果大腦受損的病人在回答有關他們生活或者最近活動的問題時，給出的是荒誕的答案的話，他們就被稱作正在“虛談”。
詞根詞綴
詞根
fabl, fabul, fess= to speak 講, 說
