synthetic

synthetic
[sɪnˈθɛtɪk]
adjective
  1. (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
    (物质)合成的;人造的
    synthetic rubber.
    合成橡胶。
    ■(of an emotion or action) not genuine; insincere
    (感情,行动)不诚恳的;虚假的
    their tears are a bit synthetic.
    他们的眼泪有点虚伪。
    ■(Logic)(of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience
    (逻)(命题)综合的。 比较analytic
    ■(Linguistics)(of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure
    (语言学)(语言)综合型的。 与analytic和agglutinative相对
noun
  1. (常作 synthetics)a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre
    合成物(尤指合成纤维)
派生
synthetical
adjective
synthetically
adverb
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai 'place together'
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