sophisticates
[səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪts]

n.

老于世故的人( sophisticate的名词复数 )；见多识广的人；

英英释义

sophisticate

• n.a worldly-wise person

  同义词：man of the world

• v.
  • make less natural or innocent

    "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"

  • practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

    同义词：twisttwist aroundpervertconvolute

  • alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

    同义词：doctordoctor up

  • make more complex or refined

    "a sophisticated design"

双语例句

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。

权威例句

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From sophisticates to sceptics: Direct and database marketing practice in UK SMEs
Artless innocents and ivory-tower sophisticates: Some personalities on the Indian mathematical scene
Political Cognition as Social Cognition: Are We All Political Sophisticates?
Intellectuals in revolutionary China, 1921-1949: Leaders, heroes and sophisticates
From Country Bumpkins to Urban Sophisticates: Migration, Gender, and the Changing Lives of Rural Women in Contemporary China
The Convention of Innocence and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 's Literary Sophisticates