sophistication
noun /səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃn/
/səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- experience of the world and knowledge of fashion, culture and other things that people think are socially important
见多识广的；老练的；见过世面的 - Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her.
尽管她衣衫褴褛，但神态老练世故。 - He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.
他觉得人们看不起他不懂人情世故。 - She adopted an upper-class accent to give herself a veneer of sophistication.
她操着上层社会的口音，装出一副很老练的样子。
- Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her.
- the quality in a machine or system of being clever and complicated in the way that it works or is presented
世故；复杂巧妙；高水平 - the increasing power and sophistication of computers
计算机的日益强大和复杂 - Financial markets have grown in sophistication as well as size.
金融市场的规模不断扩大，复杂程度也越来越高。
- the increasing power and sophistication of computers
- the ability to understand difficult or complicated ideas
世故；复杂巧妙；高水平 - He writes with increasing sophistication on the subject.
他写这个题目越来越得心应手。
- He writes with increasing sophistication on the subject.