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Sophisticated 3097.Sophisticated 英 Sə'Fɪstɪkeɪtɪd]美 Sə'Fɪstɪketɪd 释义 Adj 复杂的;精致的;久经世故的;富有经验的v

正面 3097.sophisticated
英 [sə'fɪstɪkeɪtɪd]美 [sə'fɪstɪketɪd]

背面
释义:
adj. 复杂的;精致的;久经世故的;富有经验的v. 使变得世故;使迷惑;篡改(sophisticate的过去分词形式)
例句:
1. The family are rich, and extremely sophisticated and cosmopolitan.这家人很富有,老于世故,而且见多识广。

1、soph- + -isticated (复合后缀)。
sophisticated 老练的,见过世面的,复杂的,先进的,精密的来自 sophisticate,诡辩,强词夺理,-ed,形容词后缀。字面意思即诡辩的,强词夺理的,后词 义由贬义转褒义,用于形容人老练的,见过世面的,或机器复杂的,先进的,精密的等。
sophisticated (adj.)c. 1600, "mixed with a foreign substance, impure; no longer simple or natural," past participle adjective from sophisticate (v.). Of persons, with a positive sense, "worldly-wise, discriminating, cultured," from 1895."

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