A figment is something you only imagine. You feel it is real; it is not there.

A figment isfigment 是something you only imagine你只是想像出來的東西You feel你覺得it is real它是真的it is not there但它其實不存在

In actual English you almost always meet it tied up in one phrase: a figment of your imagination (or his, or hers). People rarely say “a figment” all by itself, as if it were a thing you could point to.

In actual English在實際的英文裡you almost always meet it你幾乎都只會遇到它tied up in one phrase被綁在一個片語裡a figment of your imagination (or his, or hers)「a figment of your imagination」（或 his、hers）People rarely say人們很少說a figment all by itself單獨說「a figment」as if it were好像它是a thing you could point to一個你可以指出來的東西

It is a slightly bookish word, kinder than calling someone a liar: it says the mind made a picture, not that the person tried to trick you.

It is a slightly bookish word這是一個帶點書卷氣的字than比calling someone a liar說一個人是騙子kinder更溫和it says它說的是the mind made a picture腦中生出了一幅畫面not that而不是the person tried to trick you那個人存心要騙你

It is not pigment, which is colour.

It is not它不是pigmentpigmentwhich is colour那是顏色的意思

It comes from Latin figmentum, “something made”, from a verb that also gave English fiction, feign, and feint — all of them about making, shaping, or pretending.

It comes from它源自Latin figmentum拉丁文 figmentum"something made"意思是「被做出來的東西」from a verb來自一個動詞that also gave English fiction, feign, and feint這個動詞也衍生出英文的 fiction、feign 和 feintall of them about making, shaping, or pretending這些字都跟做出、塑造或假裝有關