adj (1)人工合成的(produced artificially)：～rubber/diamonds/fabrics/materials 人工合成橡膠/鉆石/織物/物質(zhì);During the 20th century，many～products have replaced natural ones. 在20世紀(jì)，許多合成產(chǎn)品已替代了天然產(chǎn)品。S～suède is more durable than the real thing. 仿羊皮比真羊皮更加耐用。〖同〗artificial，man-made;
(2)合成的(involving synthesis)：～chemistry 合成化學(xué);
(3)非自然的，假的(not natural or genuine)：the salesman's～friendliness/sympathy 推銷員虛偽的友好/同情;a～blonde 染成金發(fā)的人;a～chuckle at a poor joke對(duì)一個(gè)不怎么令人發(fā)笑的笑話報(bào)之以假笑;
(4)(語言)綜合性(型)的 ((of a language) characterized by a relatively widespread use of affixes rather than separate words)：Latin is a～language while English is analytic. 拉丁語是綜合性語言，而英語是分析性語言。
n 合成物(synthetic chemical compound or material)[C]：natural fibres and～s 天然纖維和合成纖維;
←′synthesis n 合成(法)