| 单词 | conflate |
| 释义 | conflate (once / 55752 pages) v Conflate is a more formal way to say "mix together." You probably wouldn't say you conflated the ingredients for a cake, but if you blended two different stories together to make a new one, conflate would work. The verb conflate comes to us from the Latin word conflare, which literally means "to blow together." So think of using this word when you want to talk about two things getting thrown together and combined. Things that have been conflated often seem mixed up or confused, as when you conflate two different ideas, taking parts of one and parts of another to build your own Frankenstein version of things. WORD FAMILYconflate: conflated, conflates, conflating USAGE EXAMPLESThese days, the U.S. stresses level playing fields in foreign elections, a message that less-than-free governments often conflate with interference. Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) In Breivik’s, Mair’s and Roof’s estimation — one shared, at least in spirit, by many mainstream conservatives — the nation is entirely conflated with whiteness and maleness. Salon(Dec 06, 2016) Ronald Reagan famously insisted on repeating tall tales; he conflated Hollywood with reality. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) v mix together different elements Syn|Hypo|Hyper blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix gauge mix in specific proportions absorbcause to become one with meld, meltlose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually blend in, mix incause (something) to be mixed with (something else) accretegrow together (of plants and organs) conjugateunite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds admixmix or blend alloymake an alloy of syncretise, syncretizebecome fused cut inmix in with cutting motions change integrity change in physical make-up |
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