concoct

concoct

英 [kən'kɒkt]
　　美 [kən'kɑkt]

vt. 捏造；混合而制；調合；圖謀

中文詞源：

concoct 配制

con-, 強調。-coct, 來自cook的過去分詞。即放在一起煎煮的，熬制。

例句：

1. I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.
我教她配制一種新湯的訣竅.

2. And they had taken me so long to concoct.
我花瞭好長時間編造這些謊言.

3. How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?
怎麼發明的廚師都編造這種奇怪的菜?

4. It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.
這是我能夠編出來的最沒有爭議, 也最沒意思的一個主題.

5. I began to concoct explanations of my own.
我開始思考自己的解釋.