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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Sophisticated
Does ' sophisticated ' can be understood as intelligent or fashionable?
For example, grey hair make me look more sophisticated.
My English teacher told me that here ' sophisticated' mean fashionable. Is that right?
For example, grey hair make me look more sophisticated.
My English teacher told me that here ' sophisticated' mean fashionable. Is that right?
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Here are the related but different meanings: 1. , so as to be worldly-wise ; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 4.
- Here are the related but different meanings: 1.
- , so as to be worldly-wise ; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
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- complex or intricate , as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
- 5.
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Here are the related but different meanings:
1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
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I understand the dictionary meaning of ' sophisticated', but in the example sentence, does it make sense? Or can I say as follows?
I think black-framed glasses make people look sophisticated( which I mean smart, or intelligent)
I think black-framed glasses make people look sophisticated( which I mean smart, or intelligent)
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Well, it could mean that, but most people would think you meant worldly and fashionable rather than intelligent. On the other hand, the usual view is that black-framed glasses are associated with intellectuals, not sophisticates.
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