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refine

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vt.精炼,精制,使文雅高尚

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refine为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:refiner 动词过去式:refined 过去分词:refined 现在分词:refining 第三人称单数:refines

词根

fin=to end(结束)

近义词, 同义词

be clean  clean  cleanse  rinse  wring  flush  full  wipe  mop  sponge  scour  swab  scrub  brush  wash  lave  launder  purify  purge  expurgate  clarify  refine  filter  filtrate  drain  strain    

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cultivate  develop  improve  perfect  polish  purify    

refine


/rɪ'faɪn; rɪ`faɪn/
v [Tn]
1 remove impurities from (sth); purify 从(某物)中除去杂质; 精制; 精炼; 提纯
*refine sugar, oil, ore, etc 制糖、炼油、提炼矿石
* refining processes 提炼过程.
2 improve (sth) by removing defects and attending to detail (去粗取精、一丝不苟)改良(某事物)
*refine one's working methods 改进自己的工作方法
* refine earlier systems, designs, theories 改良原先的制度、设计、理论.
3 (fig 比喻) make (sb/sth) more cultured or elegant; remove what is coarse or vulgar from 使(某人[某事物])更有教养或更文雅; 使去掉粗俗言行
*refine one's manners, taste, language 使举止更优雅、趣味更高雅、语言更文雅.

refine


v [T]
to improve a method, plan, system etc by gradually making slight changes to it
 Car makers are constantly refining their designs.
to make a substance purer using an industrial process
 oil refining