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.
双语例句
1. We're interested in the source of these fictitious rumours.
我们对这些子虚乌有的谣言从何而来很感兴趣。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious.
这部作品中描述的人物和事件均属虚构。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.
她虚构出一个男朋友来拒绝他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.
