concoct
concoct 英 [kənˈkɒkt] 美 [kənˈkɑkt]
vt. 捏造；混合而制；调合；图谋
进行时:concocting 过去式:concocted 过去分词:concocted 第三人称单数:concocts
- When you concoct something, you mix up different ingredients. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct strange potions.
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- vt. 捏造；混合而制；调合；图谋
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1. It was the least controversial, most insipid topic I could concoct.
这是我能编造出来的争议最少，最无聊的理由。
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2. They tend to repeat questions before answering them, perhaps to give themselves time to concoct an answer.
他们往往会在回答问题前重复人家的提问，也许是为了给自己一点时间以便捏造个答案。
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3. We call this one ‘response latency’ and it means that, because it takes a lot of brainpower to concoct a lie, there may be a time lag between you asking a question and the other person answering.
我们把这一项叫做“反应潜伏期”，它的意思是：编织谎言需要非常多的脑力，这样，在你的提问和别人的回答之间就会有一段时间滞差。
- concoct (v.) 1530s, "to digest" (a sense now obsolete), from Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere "to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + coquere "to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest," from PIE root *pekw- "to cook, ripen."
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