artificial的词源

英文词源

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.

发音释义：[ɑːtɪ'fɪʃ(ə)l] adj. 人造的；仿造的；虚伪的；非原产地的；武断的

结构分析：artificial = artific（e）（人工制品）+ial（形容词后缀）→人造的→伪造的

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词根词缀： -art-技巧 + -i-中缀 + -fic-做 + -ial形容词词尾