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conflating

/kənˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːnˌfleɪtɪŋ/

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verb

混淆，合并。

To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

Examples :

"The teacher warned students against conflating summarizing with simply copying parts of the original text. "

老师提醒学生们不要把总结和简单地复制原文混为一谈。

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verb

混合，融合，合并

To mix together different elements.

Examples :

"The news report was confusing because it was conflating correlation with causation, suggesting that two things happening at the same time meant one caused the other. "

这篇新闻报道让人很困惑，因为它把相关性和因果性混淆了，暗示两件事同时发生就意味着一件事导致了另一件事。

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verb

混淆，混为一谈

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

Examples :

"“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"

不，你把弗兰西斯·培根和罗杰·培根搞混了。

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