1610s, "artificial, counterfeit;" 1620s, "existing only in imagination," from Medieval Latin fictitius, a misspelling of Latin ficticius "artificial, counterfeit," from fictus "feigned, fictitious, false," past participle of fingere "to shape, form, devise, feign" (see fiction). Related: Fictitiously; fictitiousness.
雙語例句
1. We're interested in the source of these fictitious rumours.
我們對這些子虛烏有的謠言從何而來很感興趣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious.
這部作品中描述的人物和事件均屬虛構。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.
她虛構出一個男朋友來拒絕他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.