2006年12月2日 · Sophisticated may imply complexity, but in art and music, it is equally likely to be simple. It implies a broad knowledge of styles and high level of cultural awareness. Elaborate is almost always complex, and this is especially true when talking about a literary style.

2019年8月20日 · Hello there, This is a question from the test at learnenglish.britishcouncil.org Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with: sophisticated a. dress b. purse c. ship I have no idea what word it is. According to the dictionary sophisticated...

2007年7月18日 · How sophisticated a language seems kind of depends on what you compare it to. Like this - For some English speakers, French seems much more polite and sophisticated than German. [I study both] I ain't putting German down, it just, to me, has a much more harsh sound. And then there is the whole context of formal VS familiar.

2007年3月5日 · Sophisticated means complex, worldly wise, urbane, etc. in contrast to natural, simple, artless, and naive. Someone will probably jump in at this point with the word's roots in "sophistry" from ancient Greece -- people who taught rhetoric and/or practiced complex argumentation ...

2018年5月13日 · Hello everyone. I would like to know what "Sophisticated — God, I’m sophisticated!” means in the following sentences: "And I know. I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. “Sophisticated — God, I’m ...

2009年2月21日 · The reason is that "sophisticated" normally implies a degree of deliberate refinement. For example, a particularly noisy data set, characterised by various sources of random signals, would not be described as sophisticated.

2005年12月16日 · I don't necessarily believe "sophisticated english" to be the "Brahmin" all the actors were taught in the golden era of Hollywood, when they all sounded like transplanted Brits, living in New York. I will agree with the consensus that any film based on literature whose author was a contemporay of the 19th century or before, speaks in an English ...

2019年5月30日 · The titles of the web pages all say "sophisticated design". I've looked up "sophisticated" in several online dictionaries (including the WR dictionary), but none of them help me understand what a "sophisticated design" is. The faucet, the cell phone holder, and the socks don't look complex at all. They all look simple and stylish.

2014年11月4日 · Unsophisticated/ sophisticated are subjective - some people like things unsophisticated, others are impressed by sophistication. Unsophisticated beauty is natural, unadorned beauty, so it makes a lot of sense.

2008年7月2日 · Hi, What does "sophisticated image" mean in the following advertisement for a webcam? "Its true megapixel video sensor with ultra wide-angle glass lens delivers the best possible video quality, with sophisticated image adjustment capabilities." Thanks!