音标:[sə'fɪstɪkeɪt] ;
vt. 弄复杂;使变得世故;曲解
n. 久经世故的人;精通者
vi. 诡辩
p. pr. & vb. n. of Sophisticate

sophisticate的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He's not a sophisticate and doesn't spend his discretionary time with sophisticates.他不是老于世故的人,不会随便花时间和那些世故的人相处。
  2. The sophisticates in the office drink lemon tea, we have coffee.办公室里那些不同凡俗的人喝的是柠檬茶。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. If you are wrong, admit it rather than sophisticate.错了就要承认,不要强词夺理。
  2. He sophisticated a meaning beyond recognition他将意思曲解得无法理解。

经典引文

  • It was not exactly a fashionable..event but still drew the important mob of Broadway sophisticates.sssss Clive James

    出自:ssssF. Astaire
  • They spoke out their thoughts with a rude freedom which..proved that they had not been sophisticated into prigs.

    出自:L. Carr
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