fabrication

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fab·ri·ca·tion /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU]INVENT a piece of information or story that someone has invented in order to deceive people 捏造的信息[说法]

complete/total/pure fabrication

Of course, it might all be complete fabrication.

当然，这也许全都是编造出来的。

2. [uncountableU] technicalTI the process of making or producing something 制造，生产 SYN manufacture

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fabrication• A report about abuse at the school was found to be a fabrication.• Everything that was written about me in that article was a fabrication.• Prosecutors claim the abuse allegations are fabrications.• For example, the degree in Microelectronics requires emphasis on integrated circuit design, integrated circuit fabrication and systems applications.• These mills have since provided a source for material, inspiration, fabrication and construction.• The process engineering people collected statistical data on 17 parameters involved in the fabrication of thin film circuits.• The defense said that the victim's story was a total fabrication designed to get revenge.

complete/total/pure fabrication• The list was a practical joke, a complete fabrication yes a happening even.• But if the allegation is hearsay or pure fabrication, Walenski is being railroaded.

From Longman Business Dictionary

fabricationfab·ri·ca·tion /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

MANUFACTURING the process of manufacturing something

The figures on gold being used in jewelry fabrication aren’t available yet.

a fabrication press, used to shape metal

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