| 词汇 | concocted |
| 释义 | concocted past simple and past participle ofconcoct concoct verb[ T ] uk /kənˈkɒkt/ us /kənˈkɑːkt/ to make something, usually food, by adding several different parts together, often in a way that is original or not planned: 调制，配制（通常指食品） He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of leftover food.他以各种剩余食材为原料配制成了一道美味佳肴。 to invent an excuse, explanation, or story in order to deceive someone: 编造，捏造，虚构（借口、解释或故事） He concocted a story about working late at the office.他编造谎言说他在办公室工作到很晚。 to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. Preparing food batch cooking biga bind breadmaking butter buttered clarify glaze glazed grate ingredient jerk rehydrate restuff rice rustle something up scoby toss whip zap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Mixing and mixtures Lies, lying & hypocrisy Examples of concoctedconcocted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Accordingly, the regime concocted its own solution to the consumption problem. In her panic to get away with it to parents - who are useless - she concocted the story. You have to have some dialogue that is concocted and some genuinely communicative situations as well. Anecdotes made up the basic elements in all sorts of illegal literature, and they could be concocted in endless combinations. To seize these hastily concocted and untried preparations after discovery of their lethal effect, or to prosecute the manufacturer criminally, is not enough. Enacting this law was a sick social experiment concocted by shortsighted criminologists and votehungry lawmakers. There were so many suspicions that my son concocted the story for some reason best known to himself. It does not even matter whether the discomfort predicated by want is real or concocted by a consumer society that promotes the idea of inadequacy to sell more product. And what is perfume, in the first place, but a de-odorant, designed to mask with an artificially concocted sweetness the odours of the real body beneath? That is the potion concocted by druids to cure all the ills of our economy at a stroke and without effort. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We know that it was concocted in a short space of time in a country retreat or elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He used another curious phrase and said that it had been concocted in another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its provisions were concocted secretly and without consultation with the administrative bodies who will be compelled to operate it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a specific which can be concocted out of a formula however carefully the formula may be prepared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is concocted here; and that makes it worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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