confabulate

  • v.讨论,会谈,谈心(with)

过去式: confabulted 现在分词: confabulating 过去分词: confabulted 第三人称单数: confabulates

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verb

1
have a conference in order to talk something over
We conferred about a plan of action
Synonym: confer confab consult
2
talk socially without exchanging too much information
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Synonym: chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confab chitchat chit-chat chatter chaffer natter gossip jaw claver visit
3
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory

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  1. When a patient with brain damage provides bizarre answers to questions about their life or their recent activities , they are said to be confabulating .

    如果大脑受损的病人在回答有关他们生活或者最近活动的问题时,给出的是荒诞的答案的话,他们就被称作正在“虚谈”。