1ADJ 人造的;非自然形成的Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology. 人造的;非自然形成的
...a wholefood diet free from artificial additives, colours and flavours.
不含人工添加劑、色素和香料的天然食品
The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and artificial.
這個城市小型湖泊星羅棋布,有天然的也有人工的。
He did not want his life to be prolonged by artificial means.
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]人造的;不自然的;假的 An artificial state or situation exists only because someone has created it, and therefore often seems unnatural or unnecessary. 人造的;不自然的;假的
Even in the artificial environment of an office, our body rhythms continue to affect us.
即使是在辦公室這樣的非自然環境中,我們的人體生物鐘依然影響着我們。
Removed from the artificial atmosphere of the fashion show, high-fashion clothes often look cheap and silly.
脫離了時裝表演營造的氛圍,非常時尚的時裝看上去常常顯得既廉價又可笑。
artificiality
...another example of the capriciousness and artificiality of our adversarial system of justice.
關於對抗制審判方式的多變性和虛假性的又一個例子
artificially
...state subsidies that have kept retail prices artificially low.
人爲地把零售價格限制在低水平的國家補貼
3ADJ-GRADED 假裝的;虛僞的;矯揉造作的 If you describe someone or their behaviour as artificial, you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have. 假裝的;虛僞的;矯揉造作的 [disapproval]
The voice was patronizing and affected, the accent artificial.
...the novel's use of homosexuality to suggest the artificiality of all relationships in that nervous city.
小說通過對同性戀的描寫向讀者暗示了在那個浮躁的城市裏人際往來的虛情假意
4ADJ-GRADED (味道、外觀)不自然的,不真實的,添加非天然成分的 If you say that food tastes or looks artificial, you do not like it because its taste or appearance does not seem genuine, and seems to be created by added substances. (味道、外觀)不自然的,不真實的,添加非天然成分的
The meat was chewy and the sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.
肉嚼不爛,醬汁黏稠,味道也不自然。
...complaints that their tinned peas were an artificial shade of green.