sophisticate

🇬🇧 UK/sә'fistikeit/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

v.

To make less natural or innocent; to refine or make more complex.

使变得世故;使复杂化

n.

A person who is worldly-wise and has refined tastes.

老于世故的人,见多识广的人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sophisticother
+
ateto make, having
=sophisticate

Common Collocations

  • 1.sophisticate one's taste提升品味
  • 2.sophisticate the process使流程更精细
  • 3.[sophisticate the argument]使论点更复杂
  • 4.sophisticate young minds使年轻人变得世故

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Years of travel and hardship had sophisticatd her once naive worldview.

  • 2.

    Exposure to city life quickly sophisticates young people from rural areas.

  • 3.

    The training program was designed to sophisticate recruits in the art of negotiation.

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