artificial
US: /ˌɑɹtəˈfɪʃəɫ/
UK: /ˌɑːtɪfˈɪʃəl/
UK: /ˌɑːtɪfˈɪʃəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
artificial /,ɑ:ti'fiʃəl/
- tính từ
- nhân tạo
- artificial silk: lụa nhân tạo
- artificial respiration: hô hấp nhân tạo
- không tự nhiên, giả tạo; giả
- artificial flowers: hoa giả
- artificial smile: nụ cười giả tạo
- nhân tạo
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 made or produced to copy sth natural; not real: an artificial limb / flower / sweetener / fertilizer + artificial lighting / light
2 created by people; not happening naturally: A job interview is a very artificial situation. + the artificial barriers of race, class and gender
3 false; not what it appears to be: artificial emotion
artificiality noun [U]
artificially adverb: artificially created lakes + artificially low prices
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 unnatural, synthetic, man-made, manufactured, simulated, imitation, plastic:
The museum has a strange collection of artificial teeth on display.
2 made-up, concocted, bogus, fake, sham, false, counterfeit, Colloq phoney or US also phony:
The figures used in the sample survey are entirely artificial.
3 affected, unnatural, forced, pretended, high-sounding, feigned, assumed, contrived, factitious; meretricious, insincere, sham, faked, Colloq phoney or US also phony:
I tell you that Alan's concern for you is entirely artificial.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, look, seem
ADV.
highly, very | completely, entirely, totally | increasingly | a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | patently
a patently artificial contrivance
Concise English dictionary
‚ɑːtɪ'fɪʃl
adj.
+contrived by art rather than nature
+artificially formal
+not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
