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老练的,老於世故的;复杂的,尖端的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated
\So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare
and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL.
sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage;
to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. --Howell.
To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey.
Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to
sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold.
They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden.
Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
资料来源 : WordNet®
sophisticated
adj 1: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and
refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young
socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a
sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" [ant:
{naive}]
2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: {advanced}]
3: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many
parts of the world arising from urban life and wide
travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite";
"urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing
rooms of Paris" [syn: {urbane}]
4: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"