词组 | fiction |
释义 | fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/ noun 1. books and stories about imaginary people and eventsadjectives/nouns + fictionmodern/contemporary fiction I like reading modern American fiction.historical fiction She writes historical fiction.science fiction Arthur C. Clarke wrote science fiction books.romantic fiction (=love stories) Men don’t usually like reading romantic fiction.crime/detective fiction Agatha Christie was a crime fiction writer.literary fiction (=fiction that is considered to be literature) The book will appeal to readers of both popular and literary fiction.popular fiction (=fiction that is read by large numbers of people, but is not usually considered to be literature) Many supermarkets now sell popular fiction.pulp fiction (=fiction that is not very good and is often about sex and violence) The novel could be described as pulp fiction.mainstream fiction (=the general kind of fiction that most people read, rather than a particular kind of fiction) She is one of those authors who has moved from romance into mainstream fiction.experimental fiction (=fiction in which you try using new writing methods, new types of character etc) Robbe-Grillet was famous for his experimental fiction.verbswrite fiction Ruth Rendell writes detective fiction.read fiction She mostly reads fiction.publish fiction Penguin publish fiction and non-fiction books.fiction + nounsa fiction writer Henry James was best known as a fiction writer.fiction writing His fiction writing career began in 1990.2. something that is not trueadjectivespure/complete/sheer fiction The claims were dismissed as pure fiction by the government.verbskeep up/maintain a fiction She was determined to maintain the fiction that everything was going well with her marriage.phrasesa work of fiction (=something that is completely untrue) The article is a work of fiction.separate fact from fiction (=decide what is true and not true) Some people find it difficult to separate fact from fiction. |
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