fiction

noun

1. 小说
   a type of literature that describes imaginary people and events, not real ones
   1. a work of popular fiction
      通俗小说作品
   2. historical/romantic fiction
      历史 / 言情小说
2. 虚构的事；假想之物
   a thing that is invented or imagined and is not true
   1. For years he managed to keep up the fiction that he was not married.
      多年来他设法一直给人一种未婚的假象。

1. See also: Immigrant tales have always been popular themes in fiction... Diana is a writer of historical fiction. science fiction
2. N-UNCOUNT 虚构;杜撰;编造
   A statement or account that is fiction is not true.
   1. The truth or fiction of this story has never been truly determined.
      这个故事一直以来真伪莫辨。
3. N-COUNT 虚构之事;幻想
   If something is a fiction, it is not true, although people sometimes pretend that it is true.
   1. The idea that the United States could harmoniously accommodate all was a fiction.
      认为美国可以接纳所有的人，使之和谐相处是一个幻想。

1. This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.
   这本小说既非科幻小说亦非哥特派恐怖小说。
2. Her taste in fiction was for chunky historical romances.
   她喜欢的小说是大部头的历史言情故事。
3. The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.
   克隆已经灭绝的生物的想法仍旧只限于科幻小说中。
4. Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint
   不幸的是，公众把小说和现实混为一谈，把她当成了圣徒。
5. I failed in my career as a writer of fiction entirely because of deficiencies in the education system.
   我的小说作家生涯失败了，原因完全是因为教育体制的缺陷。
6. Immigrant tales have always been popular themes in fiction
   移民故事一直是小说中常见的主题。
7. Diana is a writer of historical fiction.
   黛安娜是历史小说作家。
8. The truth or fiction of this story has never been truly determined.
   这个故事一直以来真伪莫辨。
9. The idea that the United States could harmoniously accommodate all was a fiction.
   认为美国可以接纳所有的人，使之和谐相处是一个幻想。
10. The border between science fact and science fiction gets a bit fuzzy.
    科学事实和科幻小说之间的界限变得有点儿模糊了。
11. I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction.
    我辞职是为了专心写小说。
12. The series will include both fiction and non-fiction
    本系列丛书将包括小说和非小说类纪实文学作品。
13. Greene's stories had an edge of realism that made it easy to forget they were fiction
    格林的小说带有现实主义色彩，很容易让人忘记它们是虚构的。
14. Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred
    虚构和现实越来越难以区分了。
15. The fiction that 'he' is a neutral shorthand for 'he or she' is no longer acceptable to many.
    认为“他”是“他或她”的中性简称的这种说法，很多人已不再接受。
16. Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.
    小说在出版市场上占了很大的份额。
17. How do we sort out fact from fiction?
    我们如何将事实与虚构区分开呢？
18. Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
    不幸的是，经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
19. His recreation of the city is credible, with a substratum of fact to bolster the fiction.
    他对该城历史的再现是可信的，虚构的小说情节隐念着一些事实作为支撑。
20. I read everything from fiction to history.
    从小说到历史，我什么书都读。
21. Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?
    有可能把事实与虚构分开吗？
22. Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.
    写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事。
23. Happy marriage may be more common in fiction than in real life.
    在虚构的故事中，美满婚姻比现实生活中更为常见。
24. It is sheer fiction.
    事属子虚。
25. Fiction is the essential characteristic of the drama.
    “假定性”是戏剧的本质特征。
26. Since you have had English Literature, you should take American Literature and American Prose and Fiction.
    既然你已学了英国文学，你还应该学美国文学和美国散文及小说。
27. Hemingway and Steinbeck were masters of fiction.
    海明威和斯坦贝克是小说大师。
28. I like science fiction books and movies.
    我喜欢看科幻书和看电影。
29. Fictional rhythm provides a new angle to fiction translation practice and critique.
    小说节奏为小说翻译实践和批评提供了一个新的角度。
30. This novel mixed history with fiction.
    这本小说结合了历史和虚构故事。

  fiction fable novel romance story tale【导航词义：故事】

  fiction n. 小说

〔辨析〕指人物与情节均为虚构的文学作品。

  fable n. 寓言故事

〔辨析〕指篇幅短小、旨在道德教化的传统故事，尤指动物寓言故事。

  novel n. 小说

〔辨析〕指长篇小说。

  romance n. 爱情故事；传奇故事

〔辨析〕特指这两类小说，作后者解时尤指旧时创作或以古代为背景的传奇故事。

  story n. 故事，小说

〔辨析〕指意在娱乐大众的叙事性文学作品，其内容可能是真实的，也可能是虚构的。

  tale n. 故事

〔辨析〕指虚构的惊险刺激的故事。

n.

truth is stranger than fiction

• 现实比虚构更不可思议
  used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented

noun

1. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

2. a deliberately false or improbable account

   Synonym:    fabricationfable