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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

虚构的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xūgòu de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fictitious/fɪkˈtɪʃ.əs/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家公司只存在于虚构的故事中。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated for a specific purpose.

    "The detective used a fictitious name to protect his identity during the undercover operation."
  2. 2

    Created by the imagination; existing only in fiction.

    "Gotham City is a famous fictitious metropolis featured in comic books."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'ficticius', meaning artificial or feigned, stemming from 'fictus', the past participle of 'fingere' (to shape, invent, or feign). Entering Middle English in the 16th century, it initially retained the sense of something being crafted or imagined, gradually expanding to describe anything not genuine or based on fact.

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