fabricated

fabricated — 形容詞

1. describes a story, piece of evidence, or document that someone has deliberately

1.形容詞B2
釋義

捏造的；偽造的

為欺騙而虛構的

describes a story, piece of evidence, or document that someone has deliberately created to be untrue and trick other people.

例句

The newspaper published a fabricated story about the mayor's past.

該報紙刊登了一則關於市長過去的捏造報導。

attributive use: fabricated + story

Kwame proved that the police report was completely fabricated.

Kwame 證明那份警察報告完全是捏造的。

passive: was fabricated

同義詞
  • false

    broader — can describe any incorrect information, not necessarily deliberately invented

  • forged

    narrower — specifically about documents or signatures faked to imitate the real thing

  • made-up

    more informal; can be about invention without the deception component

  • fictitious

    more formal; neutral (fiction) or negative (deception) depending on context

反義詞

文法句型

fabricated + noun (story, evidence, document)

用法筆記

Frequently used to describe written or spoken material (stories, evidence, documents, data) that someone has made up to deceive. The subject is typically impersonal (a report, a claim, an alibi).

常見錯誤

❌The company sold a fabricated chair.' (when meaning hand-made).
✅The company sold a handmade chair.
💡'fabricated' in the industrial sense describes mass production, not craft work.
❌He told a fabricated story about his weekend.' (without deception).
✅He told a made-up story about his weekend.
💡'fabricated' implies an intent to deceive, not just casual exaggeration.

2. describes objects, parts, or materials that are made in a factory using industri

2.形容詞B2
釋義

製造的

經工業程序生產的

describes objects, parts, or materials that are made in a factory using industrial processes.

例句

The car doors are made from fabricated steel panels.

車門是用製造好的鋼板製成的。

attributive: fabricated + steel

The factory ships fabricated metal frames to construction sites across Taiwan.

這家工廠將製造好的金屬框架運往台灣各地的建築工地。

同義詞
  • manufactured

    interchangeable in most industrial contexts; 'manufactured' is slightly broader

  • produced

    less specific — works for both industrial and non-industrial creation

  • made

    more everyday; less formal than 'fabricated'

反義詞
  • raw

    unprocessed natural material

  • natural

    existing in nature, not made by humans

文法句型

fabricated + noun (metal, parts, components)

用法筆記

This is the literal, non-deceptive sense of 'fabricated'. It appears mainly in technical or industrial writing. The deceptive sense (sense 1) is far more common in everyday English.

常見錯誤

❌The report was fabricated by the engineering team.' — ambiguous between sense 1 (deception) and sense 2 (manufacturing).
✅The report was produced by the engineering team.
💡use 'produced' or 'prepared' to avoid confusion.

fabricated — 動詞