invented by somebody 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。 The account he gives of his childhood is fictitious. 他对自己童年的描述是虚假的。 Police said the name John Haydon was fictitious, but the address given was genuine. 警方称约翰•海登这个名字是假的,但所给的地址是真的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous.