1690s, as a term in logic, "deductive," from French synthétique (17c.) and directly from Modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek synthetikos "skilled in putting together, constructive," from synthetos "put together, constructed, compounded," past participle of syntithenai "to put together" (see synthesis). From 1874 in reference to products or materials made artificially by chemical synthesis; hence "artificial" (1930). As a noun, "synthetic material," from 1934. Related: Synthetical (1620s in logic).
雙語例句
1. The jellies were topped with suspiciously synthetic blobs of cream.
果凍上面是一小團看上去有點怪異的人造奶油。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Nylon is a synthetic; it is not from nature.
尼龍是一種合成纖維, 不是天然物質(zhì).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.
我們感覺到那位銷售員的虛情假意.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. It's the synthetic diamond.
這是人造鉆石.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. When the synthetic fabric is contrasted with the natural one, the difference is very apparent.