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闲聊, 聊天
to have a casual and light conversation without sharing a lot of information
- As they waited for the meeting to start, colleagues confabulated about their weekend plans.
当他们等待会议开始时，同事们闲聊了他们的周末计划。
- The neighbors often confabulate over the fence about gardening tips.
邻居们经常隔着篱笆闲聊园艺技巧。
- During the party, guests confabulated about movies, music, and other light topics.
在派对期间，客人们闲聊了电影、音乐和其他轻松的话题。
- At the family reunion, relatives confabulated about old memories and shared laughter.
在家庭聚会上，亲戚们闲聊着旧时的回忆，分享着笑声。
- Students gathered in the cafeteria to confabulate during their lunch break.
学生们聚集在食堂，在午餐休息时闲聊。
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商议, 讨论
to confer or discuss something with others
- The team will confabulate tomorrow to discuss the project's progress.
团队明天将商议讨论项目的进展。
- The committee regularly confabulates to brainstorm new ideas.
委员会定期商讨以集思广益新想法。
- We need to confabulate before finalizing the proposal.
在最终确定提案之前，我们需要商议。
- The board members will confabulate next week to review the budget.
董事会成员将于下周商议以审查预算。
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虚构, 编造
to create or invent fictitious experiences or details to fill gaps in one's memory
- After the accident, he began to confabulate stories about events that never happened.
事故发生后，他开始编造关于从未发生过的事件的故事。
- Patients with certain neurological conditions may confabulate to make sense of fragmented memories.
患有某些神经系统疾病的患者可能会虚构以理解碎片化的记忆。
- The witness seemed to confabulate details of the incident when questioned by the police.
证人在被警方询问时似乎在虚构事件的细节。
- Elderly individuals with dementia may confabulate as their memory deteriorates.
患有痴呆症的老年人可能会随着记忆力的恶化而虚构。
- The therapist helped the client recognize when he was confabulating memories.
治疗师帮助客户认识到他何时在虚构记忆。