A fictional person, place, or event lives in a story — a book, a film, a play — not in the real world. Sherlock Holmes is fictional. So is a fictional town that a writer made up. It is a calm, neutral word; teachers and reviews use it all the time.

A fictional person, place, or event lives in a story一個fictional的人、地方或事件，是活在故事裡的 — a book, a film, a play書、電影、戲劇 — not in the real world不是在真實世界裡。Sherlock Holmes is fictionalSherlock Holmes是fictional的。So is a fictional town that a writer made up一個作家憑空捏造的城鎮也是fictional的。It is a calm, neutral word這是一個平和、中性的字；teachers and reviews use it all the time老師和評論常常在用。

Though actually, people stretch it a little: “a fictional account” of a real war means the telling is invented, even if some of the facts are not. That is close to the verb fictionalize.

Though actually, people stretch it a little不過其實，人們會把它稍微延伸一點："a fictional account" of a real war一場真實戰爭的「a fictional account」 means the telling is invented, even if some of the facts are not意思是敘述的方式是虛構的，就算有些事實不是虛構的。That is close to the verb fictionalize這跟動詞fictionalize很接近。

Fictional does not usually mean “lying”. If someone invents a fake name to trick a bank, English more often says fictitious, which sounds colder, more “this is not true”. Fictional just says: this belongs to a story.

Fictional does not usually mean "lying"Fictional通常不是「說謊」的意思。If someone invents a fake name to trick a bank如果有人捏造假名字去騙銀行，English more often says fictitious英文比較常用fictitious，which sounds colder, more "this is not true"聽起來比較冷、比較像「這是假的」。Fictional just says: this belongs to a storyFictional只是在說：這是屬於故事的。

For almost every school sentence, this is the word you want, not fictive (rare, bookish) and not fictitious (often about false facts).

For almost every school sentence在幾乎所有學校的句子裡，this is the word you want你要用的字就是這個，not fictive (rare, bookish)不是fictive（少見、書面） and not fictitious (often about false facts)也不是fictitious（常常是在講假的事實）。