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单词 artificially
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Definition of artificially in English:

artificially

adverb ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃ(ə)liɑrdəˈfɪʃəli
  • 1By means of human intervention rather than naturally.

    she never wanted to be kept artificially alive with life support
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whole building was air conditioned and artificially lit.
    • To be productive, those soils were artificially drained many years ago.
    • As an artificially created sound of the wind increases, the speed, shape, and color of projected clouds change.
    • Ingredients were developed to increase the volume of turkey semen to artificially inseminate more birds.
    • Commercial tomatoes are tasteless because they are bred for shipping, picked green, and ripened artificially.
    • One injection every 14 days kept the cows' hormones artificially inflated.
    • It is now illegal to artificially implant cloned embryos in a woman.
    • Sometimes DNA is artificially synthesized for the production of genetically modified food.
    • The decision may be whether to let the grain dry in the field or to harvest higher-moisture corn and artificially dry the grain.
    • I suspect this is due to digital noise reduction, which is used to artificially reduce film grain.
    1. 1.1 In a contrived or false way.
      the presenter tried to artificially create an argument between the two
      as submodifier artificially low prices
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She is beautiful and her acting is fine, but her singing voice is dubbed and she looks artificially Puerto Rican.
      • It may be so, if the industry takes advantage of the data being offered and if attempts to artificially stunt supply are halted.
      • These are theories that focus on artificially isolated aspects of literature in order to use them for an understanding of nonliterary facts.
      • It manages to draw our attention to the flaws in these characters without artificially drumming up crises.
      • It was a kind of freak show, with the actor's head on a body larger than his real one, and looking as if he were walking somehow artificially with no clear point.
      • Competing on price means artificially lowering prices to attract more customers.
      • Some works—such as Aesop's fables—tend to anthropomorphize animals in order to artificially close the human-animal gap.
      • Artificially low rents discourage construction and maintenance, resulting in fewer available apartments.
      • It merely refuses to help the owner get rich from artificially enforced scarcity.
      • The movie frames several sections as action sequences, complete with artificially generated tension.
  • 2In an insincere or affected way.

    I'm next to him, smiling artificially through my misery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We don’t need another artificially grinning group of businessmen clutching their coffee mugs and looking like they’re high on something that isn’t life.
    • We try to make up for our rebellious feelings by behaving in artificially loving ways toward others.
    • You've complained in other interviews about classic cartoon characters becoming artificially nice throughout the '70s.
    • He was artificially appalled at the thought of somebody actually leaking classified information.
    • We'd rather not listen to Randall act artificially British.
    • They always seemed to look at the grays of life through an artificially generous, rose-tinted lens.
    • Thus weeping artificially, he made a show of real lamentation.
    • Then he became sad, not publicly or artificially sad, but deeply, privately sad.
    • The nurse, wearing an artificially concerned expression, came over and helped him to drink it.
    • Perhaps the dictator was good at his job as an artificially friendly face of the movement.
 
 

Definition of artificially in US English:

artificially

adverbɑrdəˈfɪʃəliärdəˈfiSHəlē
  • 1By means of human intervention rather than naturally.

    she never wanted to be kept artificially alive with life support
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Commercial tomatoes are tasteless because they are bred for shipping, picked green, and ripened artificially.
    • The decision may be whether to let the grain dry in the field or to harvest higher-moisture corn and artificially dry the grain.
    • The whole building was air conditioned and artificially lit.
    • It is now illegal to artificially implant cloned embryos in a woman.
    • One injection every 14 days kept the cows' hormones artificially inflated.
    • As an artificially created sound of the wind increases, the speed, shape, and color of projected clouds change.
    • I suspect this is due to digital noise reduction, which is used to artificially reduce film grain.
    • To be productive, those soils were artificially drained many years ago.
    • Ingredients were developed to increase the volume of turkey semen to artificially inseminate more birds.
    • Sometimes DNA is artificially synthesized for the production of genetically modified food.
    1. 1.1 In a contrived or false way.
      the presenter tried to artificially create an argument between the two
      as submodifier artificially low prices
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some works—such as Aesop's fables—tend to anthropomorphize animals in order to artificially close the human-animal gap.
      • She is beautiful and her acting is fine, but her singing voice is dubbed and she looks artificially Puerto Rican.
      • It was a kind of freak show, with the actor's head on a body larger than his real one, and looking as if he were walking somehow artificially with no clear point.
      • Competing on price means artificially lowering prices to attract more customers.
      • It may be so, if the industry takes advantage of the data being offered and if attempts to artificially stunt supply are halted.
      • The movie frames several sections as action sequences, complete with artificially generated tension.
      • Artificially low rents discourage construction and maintenance, resulting in fewer available apartments.
      • These are theories that focus on artificially isolated aspects of literature in order to use them for an understanding of nonliterary facts.
      • It manages to draw our attention to the flaws in these characters without artificially drumming up crises.
      • It merely refuses to help the owner get rich from artificially enforced scarcity.
  • 2In an insincere or affected way.

    I'm next to him, smiling artificially through my misery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We don’t need another artificially grinning group of businessmen clutching their coffee mugs and looking like they’re high on something that isn’t life.
    • Thus weeping artificially, he made a show of real lamentation.
    • Perhaps the dictator was good at his job as an artificially friendly face of the movement.
    • We'd rather not listen to Randall act artificially British.
    • The nurse, wearing an artificially concerned expression, came over and helped him to drink it.
    • He was artificially appalled at the thought of somebody actually leaking classified information.
    • We try to make up for our rebellious feelings by behaving in artificially loving ways toward others.
    • They always seemed to look at the grays of life through an artificially generous, rose-tinted lens.
    • You've complained in other interviews about classic cartoon characters becoming artificially nice throughout the '70s.
    • Then he became sad, not publicly or artificially sad, but deeply, privately sad.
 
 
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