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fanciful

/ˈfænsɪfəl/

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1 · adj.

imaginative but unlikely to be true

异想天开的；不切实际的

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His fanciful theory had no support in the evidence.
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他那套异想天开的理论没有证据支持。
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Pronunciation: /ˈfænsɪfəl/

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