Word · Frequency #37736
sophisticate
使…更复杂;使…更完善;改进
核心释义
To make (something) more sophisticated, complex, developed, or refined.
- 1.
使(某物)不再纯真或自然;使人工化
To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
- 2.
使(某物)更复杂、发达或精致;发展,精炼
To make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine.
- 3.
使变得不自然或不天真
make less natural or innocent
- 4.
使(自己或他人)更有经验或见多识广;使世界化
To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
- 5.
玩弄诡辩;为了误导或欺骗而改变含义或含糊其辞
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- 6.
通过掺入外来或劣质物质来改变和使(某物)不纯,尤其是为了欺骗;掺假;(通常)腐化或欺骗(某人、他们的思维等)
To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; (generally) to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
- 7.
以欺骗或误导的方式改变(某物)的意义
To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
- 8.
进行诡辩(故意制造看似合理但实际上谬误或误导的论点)
To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading”).
使…失去纯真;使…不自然;使…变得世故;使…老练;掺假;使…不纯;腐蚀;玩弄诡辩;为误导而改变或模糊含义;使(某物)不再纯真或自然;使人工化
用法In use
Some dishonest traders used to sophisticate olive oil with cheaper oil to make more money.
用法提示:这里“sophisticate”作及物动词,表示“掺假、使失去天然纯度”。
The editor's constant rewrites sophisticated the writer's plain prose until it seemed artificial.
用法提示:“sophisticated”是“sophisticate”的过去式,作及物动词,表示“使变得不自然、矫揉造作”。
The chef is sophisticating the traditional dish with artificial flavorings, much to the customers' disappointment.
用法提示:“sophisticating”是“sophisticate”的现在分词,作及物动词,表示“用添加剂使……变得不自然”。
Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
sophisticate sth
及物用法,宾语多为事物,如风格、工具、语言等,强调使其更复杂、发达或精致。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- refine
- 精炼;改进;使精细 · refine 着重去除杂质或在细节上精益求精,宾语常是方法、工艺、品味;sophisticate 则强调使整体变得更复杂、发达或老练,常含“不再单纯自然”的意味,且作动词时使用较少。
学习提示Learner notes
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.