Sophisticated 1.熂際,產(chǎn)品)尖端的,先進的;

2.(人)老于世故的;

3.(人)精通的,老練的

同1.advanced 2.refined

反 unsophisticated

Once the calling of wild-eyed Cassandras and 19th century writers and social scientists on the radical fringe long-range forecasting has become a sophisticated and quite profitable industry.烼ime July 151996焢.38

這種“長遠預測”的工作,從前專屬于眼神狂亂的預言家,以及19世紀激進的非主流作家和社會學家,如今則成為先進工業(yè),而且利潤相當高。

注 calling焠.犞耙;Cassandra 對兇事提出預警,但不見信于人者。G