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。
New technology sophisticates the tools we use every day.
新技术使我们日常使用的工具变得更复杂精致。
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
To make (something) more sophisticated, complex, developed, or refined.
使(某物)不再纯真或自然；使人工化
To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
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.
使变得不自然或不天真
make less natural or innocent
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.
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
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.).
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.
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”).
一般现在时
The company sophisticates its marketing strategies to mislead consumers.
这家公司使其营销策略变得复杂，以误导消费者。
一般过去时
The philosopher sophisticated the argument with vague terms.
这位哲学家用模糊的术语使论点变得复杂。
现在完成时
They have sophisticated the software to the point of being unintuitive.
他们已使该软件复杂到不直观的地步。
常用于被动语态或主动式
Some dishonest traders used to sophisticate olive oil with cheaper oil to make more money.
过去有些奸商会在橄榄油里掺更便宜的油来多赚钱。
用法提示：这里“sophisticate”作及物动词，表示“掺假、使失去天然纯度”。
AI contextual example
The editor's constant rewrites sophisticated the writer's plain prose until it seemed artificial.
编辑的反复修改让作者朴实的文章变得不自然，直到显得矫揉造作。
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”。
AI contextual example
The chef is sophisticating the traditional dish with artificial flavorings, much to the customers' disappointment.
厨师正在用人工香精让这道传统菜肴变得不自然，令顾客大失所望。
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”。
AI contextual example
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。
New technology sophisticates the tools we use every day.
新技术使我们日常使用的工具变得更复杂精致。
宾语为人时，指使人变得世故、见多识广，常含褒义。
A year in Paris sophisticated him more than any classroom could.
在巴黎的一年让他比在任何课堂上都更世故老练。
被动结构，用 by 引出使之变得老练或精致的原因。
Her taste in music was sophisticated by years of concert-going.
多年听音乐会的经历使她的音乐品味变得更为精致。
表示以误导或含糊的方式改变某事物的含义，多见于正式或学术语境。
Critics say the amendment sophisticates the meaning of the original clause.
批评者说这项修正案使原条款的含义变得含糊不清。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is very sophisticate for her age.
正确表达She is very sophisticated for her age.
形容词作表语时应用 sophisticated；sophisticate 是动词，不能直接放在 be 动词后描述人或事物。这里需要一个形容词，所以用 -ed 形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子Living abroad has sophisticate his taste in music.
正确表达Living abroad has sophisticated his taste in music.
现在完成时为 has + 过去分词，sophisticate 的过去分词是 sophisticated，不能用动词原形；句子表示“使他的音乐品味变得更精致”，动作已完成。
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。
complicate 指增添麻烦、使局面难以处理，通常带贬义；sophisticate 指使更复杂高级、更精细发达，多为中性或褒义，不含“添乱”之意。
adulterate 专指为欺骗而在食品、药品等中掺入劣质或外来成分，贬义强烈，是该义项的标准用词；sophisticate 表示“掺假”时罕见且偏古旧，日常表达应选 adulterate。
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