fanciful

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fan·ci·ful /ˈfænsɪfəl/ adjectiveadj

1 IMAGINEimagined rather than based on facts – often used to show disapproval 想象的，空想的，幻想的〔常含贬义〕

a fanciful story

想象出来的故事

The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful.

说有人在搞阴谋，这并不完全是臆想。

2 DECORATEfull of unusual and very detailed shapes or complicated designs 奇特的，精细的，花哨的

fanciful decorations

花哨的装饰

—fancifully adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

fanciful• I dismissed the rumors as fanciful.• The notion of some man on a white horse saving the party with a late candidacy is fanciful.• Makine is a good writer, poetic but never fanciful, and one who treats childhood reflected through experience with delicacy.• the fanciful horses on an old-fashioned merry-go-round• a fanciful idea• Having served on the Fed, I find this objection fanciful in the extreme.• The avatar can be a realistic depiction of the actual person or a completely fanciful one.• It fails because it is usually based on fanciful or distorted comparisons.• This is not just some fanciful theory.

词汇	fanciful
释义	fanciful Word family adjectivefanciablefanciedfancifulfancilessfancy-freenounfancierfancifulnessfancy dressfancy manfancy womanfancyworkfancyadverbfancifullyfancilly fan·ci·ful /ˈfænsɪfəl/ adjectiveadj 1 IMAGINEimagined rather than based on facts – often used to show disapproval 想象的，空想的，幻想的〔常含贬义〕 a fanciful story 想象出来的故事 The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful. 说有人在搞阴谋，这并不完全是臆想。 2 DECORATEfull of unusual and very detailed shapes or complicated designs 奇特的，精细的，花哨的 fanciful decorations 花哨的装饰 —fancifully adverbadv Examples from the Corpus fanciful• I dismissed the rumors as fanciful.• The notion of some man on a white horse saving the party with a late candidacy is fanciful.• Makine is a good writer, poetic but never fanciful, and one who treats childhood reflected through experience with delicacy.• the fanciful horses on an old-fashioned merry-go-round• a fanciful idea• Having served on the Fed, I find this objection fanciful in the extreme.• The avatar can be a realistic depiction of the actual person or a completely fanciful one.• It fails because it is usually based on fanciful or distorted comparisons.• This is not just some fanciful theory.
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