concoction

UK:  [kən'kɒkʃ(ə)n]

US:  [kən'kɑkʃən]

复数：concoctions  

n.

1.调制;调合[混合]品

2.捏造

3.策划,图谋

4.混合酒

1 . When this concoction of his was later used to make a flexible, waterproof raincoat, the garment quickly became known as the mackintosh.
他炮制的这一调配织物后来用于缝制柔软的防水雨衣，人们很快就把这种服装称为mackintosh。

2 . A man and a woman bring to their marriage bed a blended concoction of conscious and unconscious memories of their parents' lives together.
一个男人和一个女人的婚姻生活，有意识或者无意识会将与父母的生活记忆混合在一起。

3 . This concoction presents a greater dilemma than the "physical problems of just sticking to a feather, " he said.
这种混合物带来比“粘住羽毛的物理问题（这一句我也没有明白，应该是一个习语）”更严重的两难境地，他说。

4 . He took this concoction down to the drugstore, poured it in the machine and deposited $10.
他拿着那个混合物去了药店，把它倒进了机器里并且放了10美圆。

5 . Tolerance juice refers to any concoction of alcohol used to help tolerate a person, a place, or a situation.
“容忍酒”指任何一种喝下去后能够让你忍受某人、某地或者某个场合带来不快的混合酒。