c. 1500, "manufacturing, construction," from Middle French fabrication and directly from Latin fabricationem (nominative fabricatio) "a structure, construction, a making," noun of action from past participle stem of fabricare "to make, construct" (see fabricate). Meaning "lying, falsehood, forgery" is from 1790.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. This story is total fabrication.
這種說(shuō)法純屬捏造。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. His story was a complete fabrication.
他的故事純屬虛構(gòu).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. This is a sheer fabrication.
這完全是憑空捏造.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. It is a pure fabrication.
純粹是假造事實(shí).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. More than 200 improvements, many of them major, were made in the design and fabrication of the shuttle.