英语词汇“sophisticate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

so·phis·ti·cate

(sə-fĭstĭ-kāt′)

v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates

v.tr.

1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly: Travel tends to sophisticate a person.

2. To make more complex or refined: sophisticated the theory to take criticism into account.

3. Archaic

a. To mislead or corrupt (a person).

b. To make impure; adulterate.

v.intr.
Archaic

To use sophistry.

n. (-kĭt)

A sophisticated person.

[Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist; see SOPHIST.]

so·phis′ti·cation n.

so·phisti·ca′tor n.

单词	sophisticate
释义	so·phis·ti·cate (sə-fĭstĭ-kāt′) v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly: Travel tends to sophisticate a person. 2. To make more complex or refined: sophisticated the theory to take criticism into account. 3. Archaic a. To mislead or corrupt (a person). b. To make impure; adulterate. v.intr. Archaic To use sophistry. n. (-kĭt) A sophisticated person. [Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist; see SOPHIST.] so·phis′ti·cation n. so·phisti·ca′tor n.
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