sophist
词根词缀：
philosophy n. 哲学
philo 爱 + soph 智慧，聪明 + y 表名词 → 爱智慧 → 哲学
sophism n. 诡辩
soph 智慧，聪明 + ism 表行为 → 聪明地说话 → 诡辩
sophist n. 博学之人；诡辩家
soph 智慧，聪明 + ist 表人 → 博学之人；诡辩家
sophistic adj. 诡辩的；诡辩家的
sophist 博学之人；诡辩家 + ic …的 → 诡辩的；诡辩家的
sophisticate v. 使…精致；使老于世故
sophist 博学之人；诡辩家 + icate → 善于诡辩 → 使老于世故
sophomore n. 大学二年级学生
sopho〔= soph〕智慧，聪明 + more 更 → 更有智慧 → 大二学生比大一学生懂得更多 → 大学二年级学生
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相关例句：
Greek humanism means "Paideia", which originates from" Sophist", but its relevant content traces back to Homer.
古希腊人道主义的基本涵义是人的身心的全面训练Paideia，这个词来自智者，而与之相关的内涵却起源于荷马。
The word "sophist" gradually acquired the connotations of skepticism, ambition and unscrupulous competitiveness which their teaching in fact encouraged. They were inclined to be dubious and suspicious.
智者一词后来逐渐意味着怀疑、雄心勃勃和无所顾忌的竞争，因为这些都是智者派所鼓励的。他们总是态度暧昧，疑心病很重。
At the sophist schools, and the learned clan;
诡辩者的学堂，和博学者的宗族；
And for this reason, because Socrates was constantly turning the tables on his confident opponents in argument, he was considered by many Athenians to be just another Sophist.
由于苏格拉底经常在辩论中战胜那些充满自信的对手，他也因此被许多雅典人看作是另&个智者。
Plato describes the consequences of the Sophist denial of the existence of objective truths and standards, in several dialogues.
柏拉图曾在他的对话录中描述了智者派否认客观真理和标准的存在所带来的后果。
But Plato's Socrates is necessarily poles apart from Aristophanes'Socrates depiction of him as a sort of sophist who makes the weaker argument the stronger.
但柏拉图的苏格拉底必然不同于，亚里斯多芬尼斯对苏格拉底的描述，后者将他描写成是，让虚弱申辩转强的诡辩家。