fictions

基本解释

The lesson is not that all intellectual inquiry deals in fictions.
这并不是说所有的知识领域都涉及到杜撰。
There are no facts of the case, Jack adds, but “two fictions, which the opposing teams each seek to impress upon the jury.
杰克又说，这件案子没有事实，“只有两部小说，庭上双方则竭力让陪审团相信自己的版本。”
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?
然而当他称呼上帝为“尊贵的阁下”时，上帝打断了他：“首先，我不是‘阁下’，而是‘同志’；其二，难道你疯了吗，居然和一个神话人物交谈？

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.
海洋女神当然无能为力，更糟糕的是，海洋女神，我们都知道，弥尔顿也知道，只是虚构的，这都是虚构的。
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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.
在早期的抒情诗里，贯穿文艺复兴的始终,丘比特在传统意义上意在，在众多的古典神话中,使上帝意象化，符号化。
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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.
就像无数的人类活动,需要真实的证据,如果要达到令人满意的效果，无数同等重要的,人类活动,也同样需要失真的参考,说得更明白点，就是需要虚构。
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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.

小说创作
Nevertheless, what appeals to me about 90s’fictions are their curiosity, full of changes and disputes.
笔者感兴趣的是,90年代小说创作所呈现出的探索性、多变性和争议性。