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.