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单词 sophisticated
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•phis•ti•cat•ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. worldly-wise; showing knowledge of the world:sophisticated travelers.
  2. appealing to cultured tastes:sophisticated music.
  3. complex;
    intricate:a sophisticated electronic control system.
so•phis•ti•ca•tionc /səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]The sophistication of the child's drawing amazed everyone.See -soph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•phis•ti•cat•ed  (sə fisti kā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise;
    not naive:a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
  2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates:sophisticated music.
  3. deceptive;
    misleading.
  4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like:a sophisticated electronic control system.
  5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.:Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Also, sophisticate. 
  • Medieval Latin sophisticāt(us) sophisticate + -ed2
  • 1595–1605
so•phisti•cat′ed•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worldly, cosmopolitan, experienced, cultivated.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged naive.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ adj
  1. having refined or cultured tastes and habits
  2. appealing to sophisticates: a sophisticated restaurant
  3. unduly refined or cultured
  4. pretentiously or superficially wise
  5. (of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•phis•ti•cate /səˈfɪstɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a sophisticated person.
See -soph-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•phis•ti•cate  (n., adj. sə fisti kit, -kāt′;v. sə fisti kāt′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 
n. 
  1. a sophisticated person.

adj. 
  1. sophisticated.

v.t. 
  1. to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous;
    make worldly-wise.
  2. to alter;
    pervert:to sophisticate a meaning beyondrecognition.

v.i. 
  1. to use sophistry;
    quibble.
  • Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent. to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
  • Middle English (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal) 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sophisticate vb /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt/
  1. (transitive) to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
  2. to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
  3. (transitive) to make more complex or refined
  4. rare to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
n /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt/
  1. a sophisticated person
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophistic

soˌphistiˈcation n soˈphistiˌcator n
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