Sophisticate

[sə'fɪstɪkeɪt] or [sə'fɪstɪkɪt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a worldly-wise person.

(verb.) make more complex or refined; 'a sophisticated design'.

(verb.) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; 'Sophisticate rose water with geraniol'.

(verb.) make less natural or innocent; 'Their manners had sophisticated the young girls'.

德威特編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

(a.) Alt. of Sophisticated

伯纳德錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Adulterate, debase, vitiate, pervert, corrupt.

a. Adulterated, spurious, counterfeit, debased, vitiated, perverted, corrupted, sophisticated.

艾布拉姆編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Artificialize, demoralize, debase, corrupt, vitiate, spoil, pervert

ANT:Naturalize, simplify, purify, train, Improve, correct, refine, reform

手打:特雷弗