fictions

基本解釋

The lesson is not that all intellectual inquiry deals in fictions.
這并不是說所有的知識領(lǐng)域都涉及到杜撰。
There are no facts of the case, Jack adds, but “two fictions, which the opposing teams each seek to impress upon the jury.
杰克又說，這件案子沒有事實，“只有兩部小說，庭上雙方則竭力讓陪審團(tuán)相信自己的版本。”
However, as soon as he addresses God as "my Lord", God interrupts him: "First, I am not 'Lord', but a comrade. Second, are you crazy, talking to fictions?
然而當(dāng)他稱呼上帝為“尊貴的閣下”時，上帝打斷了他：“首先，我不是‘閣下’，而是‘同志’；其二，難道你瘋了嗎，居然和一個神話人物交談？

The nymphs, of course, are powerless, and worse than that, the nymphs, as we know and of course as John Milton knew, are merely fictions. This is all made up.
海洋女神當(dāng)然無能為力，更糟糕的是，海洋女神，我們都知道，彌爾頓也知道，只是虛構(gòu)的，這都是虛構(gòu)的。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
And as in all of these early lyrics, Jove conventionally throughout the Renaissance is used as a name within these classical fictions to signify the Christian God.
在早期的抒情詩里，貫穿文藝復(fù)興的始終,丘比特在傳統(tǒng)意義上意在，在眾多的古典神話中,使上帝意象化，符號化。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
And just as there are innumerable human activities which require undistorted references if they are to be satisfied, so there are innumerable other human activities not less important which equally require distorted references or, more plainly, fictions.
就像無數(shù)的人類活動,需要真實的證據(jù),如果要達(dá)到令人滿意的效果，無數(shù)同等重要的,人類活動,也同樣需要失真的參考,說得更明白點，就是需要虛構(gòu)。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

This is true, they are indeed just legal fictions, pieces of paper filed away.
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Fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.
&rarrsee also science fiction
A statement or account that is fiction is not true.
If something is a fiction, it is not true, although people sometimes pretend that it is true.

小說創(chuàng)作
Nevertheless, what appeals to me about 90s’fictions are their curiosity, full of changes and disputes.
筆者感興趣的是,90年代小說創(chuàng)作所呈現(xiàn)出的探索性、多變性和爭議性。