• n. 虛構的事；臆造的事物

來自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏，捏造，形成，詞源同dough, fiction. 引申詞義虛構。

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.

那個人影無聲無息地消失了,仿佛一切只是她的憑空想像.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

襲擊可不是我憑空想象出來的。

來自辭典例句

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

對,你是過去的幻影!

來自辭典例句

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

這個什么毒蜘蛛的東西也是你憑空杜撰出來的 吧 ?

來自電影對白

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

他是一個假象, 一個幻影, 一句空話.

來自電影對白