artistic

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ar·tis·tic /ɑːˈtɪstɪk $ ɑːr-/ adjective 1 ART/CULTURErelating to art or culture 美术的，艺术的 artistic work 艺术作品 Opinion about the artistic merit of his paintings has been mixed. 对于他的绘画作品的艺术价值，人们褒贬不一。2 GOOD ATgood at painting, drawing, or producing beautiful things 艺术精湛的，有艺术才华的 John is very artistic. 约翰很有艺术才华。3 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGan artistic arrangement, design etc looks attractive and has been done with skill and imagination 有艺术技巧的；有创意的 food presented in an artistic way 布置得很有艺术感的食品 —artistically /-kli/ adverb

Examples from the Corpus

artistic• I love your Christmas decorations - they're very artistic.• She described her mother as 'very intelligent and artistic'.• That's a lovely picture - I never realized you were so artistic.• She's creative, artistic, and temperamental.• members of the artistic community• What makes them different is their talent and their skills, without which our civilization would lose a priceless artistic heritage.• One to deal with its mathematical, one with its philosophical and psychoanalytic, one with its artistic implications.• The artistic photographer should represent what he sees and no more, he insisted.• Chef Stroehl is known for the artistic presentation of his dishes.• His technical command of artistic processes never obscured his sense of humour.• It's director says the artistic quality of productions is now at risk.• The director feared that business decisions would affect the film's artistic quality.• The Czech Republic has a long artistic tradition.• Such critical perspectives suggest we are in the midst of a thoroughgoing overhaul of traditional ideas about artistic value and meaning.• The food was presented in an artistic way.• Creators of artistic works have a legal right to copyright.