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ADJ
人造的；非自然形成的
Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
例句
...a wholefood diet free from artificial additives, colours and flavours...
不含人工添加劑、色素和香料的天然食品
The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and artificial...
這個(gè)城市小型湖泊星羅棋布，有天然的也有人工的。
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ADJ-GRADED
人造的；不自然的；假的
An artificial state or situation exists only because someone has created it, and therefore often seems unnatural or unnecessary.
例句
Even in the artificial environment of an office, our body rhythms continue to affect us...
即使是在辦公室這樣的非自然環(huán)境中，我們的人體生物鐘依然影響著我們。
Removed from the artificial atmosphere of the fashion show, high-fashion clothes often look cheap and silly.
脫離了時(shí)裝表演營(yíng)造的氛圍，非常時(shí)尚的時(shí)裝看上去常常顯得既廉價(jià)又可笑。
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ADJ-GRADED
假裝的；虛偽的；矯揉造作的
If you describe someone or their behaviour as artificial, you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have.
例句
The voice was patronizing and affected, the accent artificial.
聲音拿腔拿調(diào)的，聽上去矯揉造作。
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ADJ-GRADED
（味道、外觀）不自然的，不真實(shí)的，添加非天然成分的
If you say that food tastes or looks artificial, you do not like it because its taste or appearance does not seem genuine, and seems to be created by added substances.
例句
The meat was chewy and the sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.
肉嚼不爛，醬汁黏稠，味道也不自然。
...complaints that their tinned peas were an artificial shade of green.
對(duì)他們的聽裝豌豆添加人工合成綠色素的投訴