artificially
adverb
usuallydisapprovinguk/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl.i/us/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl.i/artificiallyadverb
B2
in a way that uses anindustrialprocessorsubstance,ratherthan beingnatural:
人造地，人工地Mostmushroomssoldinsupermarketshave beengrownartificially inmanure.大多数超市里出售的蘑菇都是在肥料中人工种植的。
in a way that has beenintentionallycausedby people'sactions,ratherthanhappeningnaturallyor bychance:
人为的；非自然的；人造的They arekeepingtheirpricesartificiallylow.他们人为地压低价格。
in a way that is notsincere:
虚假地，不真诚地；矫揉造作地She gave an artificiallysweetsmile.她故作甜美地微笑了一下。
See
artificial
- atasteless, artificiallyripened,wintersupermarkettomato
- Theylettheduckssitontheireggsratherthan artificiallyincubatingthem.
- Iavoidartificiallysweeteneddrinks.
- Thecontroversywas artificiallycreatedbyinaccuratereporting.
- Thegovernmentintervenestokeeptheirexportsartificiallycheap.
- Hespokein artificiallycheerfultones.
Natural and artificial
- anti-natural
- artificial
- artificiality
- biodynamic
- biodynamics
- God-given
- imitation
- inauthentic
- make no claim to besomethingidiom
- man-made
- mock
- rawness
- refined
- simulated
- synthetic
- synthetically
- unnaturally
- unprocessed
- untamed
- untouched
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