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manmade

/man-meyd/US // ˈmænˈmeɪd //

人造的,人为的,人为制造的,人为

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : produced, formed, or made by humans.
    • : produced artificially; not resulting from natural processes.
    • : Textiles. manufactured synthetically from a cellulosic or noncellulosic base; produced chemically. constructed of synthetically made fibers.

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Examples

  • Fifty years ago, we were just beginning to learn some important lessons from natural disasters, epidemics, and manmade tragedies.

  • The official language deployed in natural and manmade disasters can often be formulaic and confusing.

  • Of course, state and local governments have had to contend with elections disrupted by both manmade and natural disasters before.

  • The only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future for our children free of manmade tragedy.

  • In 1983, Gaddafi initiates work on the Great Manmade River, a network of wells and pipelines for water.

  • The message sank in: foreigners love disasters, natural and manmade.

  • The study of the Law isn't like the study of physics or whatever; these are manmade laws—commands, not descriptions.

  • The three crowded into the cool recesses of the manmade aerie.

  • Now this could not mean of men, because it ever has been the prerogative of absolute rulers like himself, to change manmade laws.