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synthetic 音标拼音: [sɪnθ'ɛtɪk] n. 合成物质
a. 综合性的,人造的 合成物质综合性的,人造的 synthetic合成 synthetic adj 1: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; " man- made fibers"; " synthetic leather" [ synonym: { man- made}, { semisynthetic}, { synthetic}] 2: involving or of the nature of synthesis ( combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; " limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements... that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P. S. Welch [ synonym: { synthetic}, { synthetical}] [ ant: { analytic}, { analytical}] 3: systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words [ ant: { analytic}, { uninflected}] 4: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "` all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" [ synonym: { synthetic}, { synthetical}] [ ant: { analytic}, { analytical}] 5: artificial as if portrayed in a film; " a novel with flat celluloid characters" [ synonym: { celluloid}, { synthetic}] 6: not genuine or natural; " counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will n 1: a compound made artificially by chemical reactions [ synonym: { synthetic}, { synthetic substance}] Synthetic \ Syn* thet" ic\, Synthetical \ Syn* thet" ic* al\, a. [ Gr. ?: cf. F. synth[' e] tique.] 1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. [ 1913 Webster] Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. -- Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem.) Artificial. Cf. { Synthesis}, 2. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under { Comprehensive}, 3. [ 1913 Webster] { Synthetic language}, or { Synthetical language}, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to { analytic language}. -- R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " synthetic": adhesive, artificial, bogus, cast plastic, cellulose plastic, counterfeit, ersatz, extruded plastic, fake, false, imitation, laminate, man- made, manufactured, mock, molded plastic, molding compounds, plastic, polymer, protein plastic, pseudo, resin plastic, sham, spurious, synthetic fabric, synthetic rubber, thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic
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