conflate

vt. 合并；异文合并

发音

UK /kənˈfleɪt/
UK /kɒnˈfleɪt/
US /kənˈfleɪt/

词形变化

conflates 复数 conflated conflates 三单 conflates conflating conflating 现在分词 conflated 过去式 conflated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

v.
  1. 1.

    To combine or mix together.

    合并

    混合

  2. 2.

    To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

    混同

    引申义

    “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”

  3. 3.

    To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.

    引申义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

mix fuse blend combine merge flux meld coalesce commingle immix

下位词 10

melt absorb gauge alloy meld blend in accrete admix conjugate syncretise

词源

Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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