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fictitious

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fic·ti·tious /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ ●○○ adjective  FALSEnot true, or not real 虚构的,杜撰的;捏造的 SYN imaginary a fictitious address 杜撰的地址 fictitious characters 虚构的人物
Examples from the Corpus
fictitiousYet the popular traditions from which such stories presumably came were not always totally fictitious, and can not be simply ignored.But all these superstitions are really altogether on a fictitious basis.The setting is a fictitious island in the Chesapeake River.Your little friendship lamp is now a lighthouse in the fictitious Midwestern city of Springfield.For the purposes of this chapter I have given the four schools fictitious names.Does such a fictitious person have a reputation which it can protect by the law of defamation?The show, which depicts eight officers patrolling the fictitious town of El Camino, debuted March 3.
Origin fictitious (1600-1700) Latin ficticius artificial, from fictus; → FICTION
fic·ti·tious adjectiveChineseSyllable
not Corpus real true, or not


fictitious
fictitious /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: fictional, fictitious, non-fiction; noun: fiction, non-fiction; verb: fictionalize
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: ficticius 'artificial', from fictus; fiction
not true, or not real
   SYN  imaginary:
    a fictitious address
    fictitious characters


fic·ti·tiousBrE /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ 🔊 adjectiveinvented by sb rather than true 虚构的;虚假的All the places and characters in my novel are fictitious (= they do not exist in real life). 我小说中的人物和地点纯属虚构。🔊🔊