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单词 sophisticate
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sophisticate

(səfɪstɪkeɪt)
Word forms: plural sophisticates
countable noun
A sophisticate is someone who knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important.

sophisticate in British English

verb (səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt)
1. (transitive)
to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
2. 
to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
3. (transitive)
to make more complex or refined
4.  rare
to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
noun (səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt, -kɪt)
5. 
a sophisticated person
Derived forms
sophistication (soˌphistiˈcation)
noun
sophisticator (soˈphistiˌcator)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophistic

sophisticate in American English

(səˈfɪstəˌkeɪt; for n., usually, səˈfɪstəkɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: soˈphistiˌcated or soˈphistiˌcating
1. 
to change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane, etc.
2. 
to bring to a more developed, complex, or refined form, technique, level, etc.
3.  Rare
to make impure by mixture or adulteration
4.  Archaic
to corrupt or mislead
verb intransitive
5.  Rare
to use sophistical reasoning
noun
6. 
a sophisticated person
Word origin
ME sophisticaten < ML sophisticatus, pp. of sophisticare < L sophisticus: see sophistical

Examples of 'sophisticate' in a sentence
sophisticate

Con had bought a bottle of red, his compliment to Lisa, the sophisticate in the family.
Cleary, Jon MURDER SONG (2002)
Now I can pursue them with impunity; I can reinvent myself as a roguish sophisticate, a literary hunk.
Alex George LOVE YOU MADLY (2002)
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