[with obj.]combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one (将不同的信息、文本、观念等)合而为一 the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic, political, and social issues. 城市危机使若干不同的经济、政治和社会问题合成一个综合的问题。
派生 conflation noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'fuse or melt down metal'): from Latin conflat- 'kindled, fused', from the verb conflare, from con- 'together' + flare 'to blow'