confabulation
noun[UorC]
uk/kən.fæb.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/kən.fæb.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/confabulationnoun[U or C](CONVERSATION)
formalorhumorous
conversationordiscussionabout something:
闲谈；交谈They wereseenincloseconfabulation over adrink.有人看见他们在喝酒时有过近距离交谈。
Workinvolvedendlessmeetings, confabulations, anddiscussionsabout thelaw.工作包括无尽的会议、会谈和关于法律的讨论。
- I couldhearmuch confabulation coming from thediningroom.
- Theresultsof thismonthof confabulations arefairlypredictable.
- In thekitchensMrsClark and theschoolcookwere having one oftheirmorningconfabulations.
Informal talking & conversation
- badinage
- bantering
- bants
- bloviate
- bull session
- buzz
- catch up withsomeone
- chatter
- chinwag
- chit-chat
- discourse
- exchange
- gas
- heart-to-heart
- intercourse
- pass
- philosophize
- understand
- vox pop
- word-of-mouth
confabulationnoun[U or C](FALSE MEMORIES)
medicalspecialized
aproblemthat makes someoneproducefalsememoriesaboutevents, or thefalsememoriesthemselves:
虚谈，虚构；虚构的情节，虚假的记忆Confabulationdiffersfromlyingin that thepersonis notconsciouslyattemptingtodeceive.虚构症与说谎的不同之处在于，说话人并不是有意识地试图欺骗。
Confabulations areartificialconstructionsofourowndesignbuiltroundparticlesofretainedexperience.虚构是人们在残存记忆的基础上臆想构建起来的。
- Hismangledwords are ademonstrationof whatphysicianscallconfabulation.
- Confabulation is the use ofimaginaryexperiencesormade-upinformationtofillmissinggapsofmemory.
- Korsakoffsyndromeconsists of confabulation,confusion, andrecentmemoryloss.
Memory and memories
- at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
- clear
- corporate memory
- eidetic
- false memory syndrome
- flash
- flash back
- go down
- live
- memory
- memory bank
- muscle memory
- nostalgia
- nostalgic
- nostalgically
- short-term memory
- to the best ofmyrecollectionidiom
- unsee
- within living memoryidiom
- withinyourmemoryidiom
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