refine
美音:
[rə´faın
]英音:
[rə´faın
]vt.精炼,精制,使文雅高尚
难易程度:
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
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fin=to end(结束)
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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