| 单词 | synthetic |
| 释义 | synthetic adj. & n. --adj 1. made by chemical synthesis, esp. to imitate a natural product (synthetic rubber). 2. (of emotions etc.) affected, insincere. 3. Logic (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience (cf. ANALYTIC 3). 4. Philol. using combinations of simple words or elements in compounded or complex words (cf. ANALYTICAL). --n Chem. a synthetic substance. Phrases and idioms synthetic resin Chem. see RESIN n. 2. Derivatives synthetical adj. synthetically adv. Etymology: F synth{eacute}tique or mod.L syntheticus f. Gk sunthetikos f. sunthetos f. suntithemi (as SYN-, tithemi put) |
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