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sophisticate 音标拼音: [səf'ɪstək ,et] [səf'ɪstəkət] n. 久经世故的人,老油条
vt. 篡改,曲解,使变得世故,掺合,弄复杂
vi. 诡辩 久经世故的人,老油条篡改,曲解,使变得世故,掺合,弄复杂诡辩 sophisticate精巧 sophisticate n 1: a worldly- wise person [ synonym: { sophisticate}, { man of the world}] v 1: make less natural or innocent; " Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" 2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; " Don' t twist my words" [ synonym: { twist}, { twist around}, { pervert}, { convolute}, { sophisticate}] 3: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; " Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [ synonym: { sophisticate}, { doctor}, { doctor up}] 4: make more complex or refined; " a sophisticated design" 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. [ 1913 Webster] To sophisticate the understanding. -- Southey. [ 1913 Webster] Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. -- M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster] They purchase but sophisticated ware. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate. [ 1913 Webster] Sophisticate
Sophisticate \ So* phis" ti* cate\, Sophisticated\ So* phis" ti* ca` ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. [ 1913 Webster] So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " sophisticate": blase, city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, debase, disenchanted, disillusioned, doctor, knowing, load, man of experience, man- about- town, mondaine, slicker, weight, world- wise, worldly, worldly- wise
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