-
made or produced to copy something natural; not real 人工的；人造的；假的 an artificial limb/flower/sweetener/fertilizer 假肢；假花；人造甜味剂；化肥 artificial lighting/light 人工照明；人造光
Synonyms artificialartificial- synthetic
- false
- man-made
- fake
- imitation
- artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:
artificial flowers 假花 artificial light 人造光
- synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:
synthetic drugs 合成药物 shoes with synthetic soles 合成鞋底的鞋
- false not natural:
false teeth 假牙 a false beard 假胡子
- man-made made by people; not natural:
man-made fibres such as nylon 尼龙之类的人造纤维
- fake made to look like something else; not real:
a fake-fur jacket 一件人造毛皮的短上衣
- imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:
She would never wear imitation pearls. 她绝不会戴假珍珠。
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather
- artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls
Extra ExamplesAll food served in the restaurant is completely free from any artificial colours and flavours. 这家饭店提供的所有食物绝对没有人工色素和人工香料。 I don't like having to do detailed work in artificial light. 我不喜欢在人造光下做细致的工作。 The patient was kept alive by the artificial heart for nearly two months. 人造心脏让那个病人存活了近两个月。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
-
created by people; not happening naturally 人为的；非自然的 A job interview is a very artificial situation. 求职面试是一个相当不自然的场面。 the artificial barriers of race, class and gender 种族、阶级、性别的人为障碍
Extra ExamplesIt would be entirely artificial to try and divorce the two issues. 试图将这两个问题分开是完全人为的。 They use rather artificial examples. 他们使用相当人为的例子。 a patently artificial contrivance 一个明显的人工产物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
-
not what it appears to be 虚假的；假装的 artificial emotion 假装的情感
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French artificiel or Latin artificialis, from artificium ‘handicraft’, based on ars, art- ‘art’ + facere ‘make’.