literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people
小说。
invention or fabrication as opposed to fact
虚构,杜撰,编造,捏造
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the president dismissed the allegation as absolute fiction .总裁驳回了指控,称其纯系捏造。
[in sing.]a belief or statement which is false, but is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so
虚构的事;谎言
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the notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction .把该国说成是民主国家不过是一个场面上的幌子而已。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘invented statement’): via Old French from Latin