[ADJ 形容词]合成的;人造的Synthetic products are made from chemicals or artificial substances rather than from natural ones.
[usu ADJ n]
Boots made from synthetic materials can usually be washed in a machine.
合成材料制成的靴子通常可以机洗。
...synthetic rubber.
合成橡胶
synthetically
...the therapeutic use of natural and synthetically produced hormones.
天然荷尔蒙和人工合成荷尔蒙在治疗上的使用
Oxford
syn·thet·ic/sɪnˈθetɪk; NAmEsɪnˈθetɪk/
adjective
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noun
syntheticsyntheticsadjective1artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals 人造的;(人工)合成的SYN
man-made
◆synthetic drugs/fabrics合成药物╱织物☞synonyms at
artificial
2(alsoag·glu·tin·ative)( linguistics 语言) (of languages 语言)using changes to the ends of words rather than separate words to show the functions of words in a sentence 综合(型)的☞compare
analytic
(1 )▶syn·thet·ic·al·ly/sɪnˈθetɪkli; NAmEsɪnˈθetɪkli/adverbnounan artificial substance or material 合成物;合成纤维(织物);合成剂◆cotton fabrics and synthetics棉织物与合成织物syn·thet·ic/sɪnˈθetɪk; NAmEsɪnˈθetɪk/syn·thet·ic·al·ly/sɪnˈθetɪkli; NAmEsɪnˈθetɪkli/
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syntheticsyn‧thet‧ic /sɪnˈθetɪk/ ●○○ adjective
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produced by combining different artificial substances, rather than being naturally producedOPP natural: synthetic chemicalssynthetic fibres/materials/fabrics► see thesaurus at
artificial
—synthetically /-kli/ adverb
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