单词 | refine |
释义 | refine (rɪfaɪn ) Word forms: refines , refining , refined 1. verb [usually passive] When a substance is refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: purify, process, filter, cleanse refining uncountable noun ...oil refining. 2. verb [usually passive] If something such as a process, theory, or machine is refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: improve, perfect, polish, temper Collocations: refine a concept Successful entrepreneurs refine their concept to meet their market. Times, Sunday Times The acquisition of both assets furthered the company's earnest site-specific efforts to refine the concept of variable-rate application into a practical set of high-tech tools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Progressive began working on the concept in the mid-1990s and continues to refine the concept and bring it to the mass market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But with the passage of time and further exposure, we were able to refine the concepts and work through some of his initial misconceptions. Christianity Today Once sobriety had set in, they refined the concept, blending iconic silhouettes from the 1950s to the 1990s to create something new. Times, Sunday Times With the test moratorium in force, there was no way to refine the design and make it inherently one-point safe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company continued to refine the design into 1968. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Designers use data from the pilot plant to refine their design of the production scale facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Four of us refined the design for six weeks, then got it in for planning permission. The Sun She resigned in 2005 to spend time refining her designs before launching her website. Times, Sunday Times If at first you don't succeed, refine your method. The Sun Efforts are underway to refine this method, for example with additives to the quenching water or with alternative extinguishing agents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twitter was not designed to calculate television ratings therefore more work needs to be done to refine the method to acquiring a look at viewership though the site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For now, the researchers are working on refining their method and improving both the yield and purity of plant-derived acetaminophen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We probably thought we had a method that worked rather than evolving and refining that method. Times, Sunday Times These clickable headings let you refine your search. Times, Sunday Times You can refine your search criteria in the usual way and e-mail agents directly. Times, Sunday Times You can now also refine a search with options including weather and distance. The Sun You can refine your search according to indoor or outdoor activities. The Sun You can refine your search by specifying fuel type and transmission — you can even stipulate the colour. Times, Sunday Times This would provide him with plenty of opportunity to refine his technique. Times, Sunday Times In spite of concerns among some fertility experts about egg freezing, success rates appear to be rising as scientists refine the technique. Times, Sunday Times He has continued to refine the technique, extending the capabilities to detect 3mm objects as far away as 3200 km. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He refined a technique for locating distant thunderstorms by pinpointing the crackle of radio interference from lightning. Times, Sunday Times After a short career as a textile designer she refined her technique to the demanding art of wood engraving. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 提炼 Japanese: 精製する |
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