artificial

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副詞:?artificially;名詞:?artificiality;

artificial (adj.): late 14c., in the phrase artificial day "part of the day from sunrise to sunset," from Old French artificial, from Latin artificialis "of or belonging to art," from artificium (see artifice). Meaning "made by man" (opposite of natural) is from early 15c. Applied to things that are not natural, whether real (artificial light) or not (artificial flowers). Artificial insemination dates from 1897. Artificial intelligence "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines" was coined in 1956.

1. Organic food is unadulterated food produced without artificial chemicals or pesticides.: 有機食品是未使用人工化學(xué)制劑和殺蟲劑的純凈食品。

2. Our range of herbal teas contain no preservatives, colourings or artificial flavourings.: 我們這一系列的藥草茶不含防腐劑、色素以及人工調(diào)味品。

3. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.: 這是第一臺作為商品出售的采用人工智能技術(shù)的機器。

4. He did not want his life to be prolonged by artificial means.: 他不想靠人為方式延長生命。

5. The Tel, an artificial mountain, entombs Jericho's ancient past.: 泰勒山作為一座人造山掩藏著杰里科過去古老的歷史。