synthesis
n
(pl -theses )1
(a) [U] combining of separate parts, elements, etc to form a complex whole 综合; 结合
develop a new theory by the synthesis of several earlier theories 综合以前的几种学说而创立的新学说.
(b) [C] what is produced in this way 综合体
a new method that is a synthesis of the best features of the old methods 综合旧方法的长处而成的新方法
Her novels are an odd synthesis of English reserve and Welsh emotionalism. 她的小说把英格兰人的拘谨和威尔士人的情感外露很独特地结合在一起.
2 [U] combining of substances into a compound, or the artificial production of a substance that occurs naturally in plants and animals 合成; 人造
produce rubber from petroleum by synthesis 以合成法用石油制取橡胶
the synthesis of insulin 胰岛素的合成.