conflate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kənˈfleɪt/|/kɒnˈfleɪt/    美 /kənˈfleɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
动词 v.
  1. To combine or mix together.
  2. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent. broadly
    — “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
  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. broadly
    — But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.
形容词 adj.
  1. Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text. not-comparable
    — Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

词形变化

conflates present,singular,third-person conflating participle,present conflated participle,past conflated past conflates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
conflatable conflation deconflate deconflation reconflate unconflated

词源

词源 1
Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 3
Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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