figment

• n. 虚构的事；臆造的事物

来自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏，捏造，形成，词源同dough, fiction. 引申词义虚构。

figment (n.)

early 15c., "something invented or imagined, a myth or fable; deceitful practice; false doctrine," from Latin figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)). Related: Figmental; figmentary.

1. The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.

那个人影无声无息地消失了,仿佛一切只是她的凭空想像.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The attack wasn't just a figment of my imagination.

袭击可不是我凭空想象出来的。

来自辞典例句

3. Yes. You are a figment of the past!

对,你是过去的幻影!

来自辞典例句

4. Is this spider thing a figment of your imagination, too?

这个什么毒蜘蛛的东西也是你凭空杜撰出来的 吧 ?

来自电影对白

5. He's a figment, a cipher, jabberwocky.

他是一个假象, 一个幻影, 一句空话.

来自电影对白