artificial

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.l̩/|[ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl]    美 /ˌɑːr.təˈfɪʃ.l̩/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
    — The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.
  2. Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
    — Her manner was somewhat artificial.
  3. Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
    — “How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome.
  4. Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
    — Artificial keys are devised purely to facilitate determination […]
  5. Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
    — An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.

词形变化

more artificial comparative most artificial superlative

词汇关系

近义词
artificious factitious
反义词
antonym(s) of
衍生词
artificial abortion artificial anus artificial art artificial bee colony artificial consciousness artificial dumbness artificial element artificial florist artificial general intelligence artificial horizon artificial ice artificial idiocy artificial immune system artificial incompetence artificial insemination artificial inseminator artificial intelligence artificialism artificialist artificiality artificialization artificialize artificial kidney artificial language artificial life artificially artificialness artificial person artificial respiration artificial rice artificial scarcity artificial script artificial selection artificial stupidity artificial superintelligence artificial sweetener artificial tear artificial tear drop artificial turf artificial unintelligence artilect bioartificial inartificial nonartificial overartificial semiartificial unartificial
相关词
artifact artifice artificer fake

词源

From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ.
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