artificial

1. ADJ Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, often using science or technology. 人造的 (物躰、材料、工藝等)

The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and artificial. 這座城市滿是天然和人造的小湖泊。

...a wholefood diet free from artificial additives, colours and flavours. …一種無人造添加劑、色素及味素的全天然食物飲食。

2. artificiallyADV 人造地

...artificially sweetened lemonade. …人工加了糖的檸檬汽水。

3. ADJ An artificial state or situation exists only because someone has created it, and therefore often seems unnatural or unnecessary. 人爲的 (狀態、狀況)

Even in the artificial environment of an office, our body rhythms continue to affect us. 即便在辦公室的人爲環境中，我們的身躰節律繼續影響我們。

4. artificiallyADV 人爲地

...state subsidies that have kept retail prices artificially low. …人爲地將零售價格保持在低水平的國家補貼。