(ת') מתוחכם; רב-ניסיון, בקי בהלכות החיים

(ש"ע) אדם מתוחכם, איש העולם הגדול

(פ') לעשות למתוחכם; לעוות, לסלף, להטעות; להתפלפל; לסבך

adj. sophisticated, worldly-wise, experienced

n. worldly person, person of wide learning and experience

v. render worldly, make less innocent and naive; alter, pervert; make more complex

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Noun
1. a worldly-wise person
(synonym) man of the world
(hypernym) adult, grownup
(hyponym) cosmopolitan, cosmopolite

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Verb
1. make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
(hypernym) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
(derivation) man of the world
2. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
(synonym) twist, twist around, pervert, convolute
(hypernym) denote, refer
(derivation) sophism, sophistry, sophistication
3. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
(synonym) doctor, doctor up
(hypernym) adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
4. make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
(hypernym) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
(derivation) sophistication

(v. t.)
To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.
  

(a.)
Alt. of Sophisticated
  

Synonyms and related words:
blase, city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, debase, disenchanted, disillusioned, doctor, knowing, load, man of experience, man-about-town, mondaine, slicker, weight, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise
  

sophisticate /sə'fistikeit/

• ngoại động từ
  • dùng phép nguỵ biện (vào một vấn đề)
  • làm hiểu nhầm bằng biện pháp nguỵ biện
  • làm cho (vấn đề...) trở nên rắc rối, làm cho trở nên tinh vi; làm (ai) mất tính chất phác, làm mất tính hồn nhiên, làm (ai) mất tính giản dị
  • làm giả, xuyên tạc (một văn kiện)
  • pha loãng (rượu...)

• nội động từ
  • nguỵ biện

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