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Sophistication is a kind of polish or advanced complexity. It can describe a person — someone who seems , , comfortable with fine food, art, or conversation, usually from a lot of experience or exposure. It can also describe a thing — a piece of technology, a system, or a plan that is advanced and designed, with many parts working well together. Careful: 'sophisticated' does not always mean 'better' — it can just mean 'more .'
(人)世故老練、見多識廣;(事物)精密複雜、精緻
組成Traces back to Greek 'sophos,' meaning wise, by way of 'sophist' — someone in ancient Greece who taught clever arguing, sometimes too cleverly.
同家族的字
- sophistboth trace to Greek 'sophos,' wise
- philosophy'philo-' (love) plus the same 'wisdom' root, so literally 'love of wisdom'
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sophisticationnoun/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Enlightenment or education.
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Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
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Deceptive logic; sophistry.
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Falsification, contamination.
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Complexity.
- The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.
- Appetizers ($3.50-$7.95) show Mi Casa's edge in sophistication for a restaurant of its type.
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Ability to deal with complexity.
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archaicThe act of sophisticating; adulteration.
- the sophistication of drugs
- how generally they [drugs] are adulterated by the fraudulent avarice of the feller ; especially when the sophistication is very gainful
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。