conflate /kənˈfleɪt/ TEM8 ( conflating, conflated, conflates )

• 1. 

  V-RECIP If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single one. 合并 [正式]

  例：

  Her letters conflate past and present.

  她的信把过去与现在结合在一起。

  例：

  Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint.

  不幸的是，公众将杜撰与事实合并了起来并把她当做了圣人。

  例：

  The two meanings conflated.

  这两种意思合并在了一起。