单词	refinement
释义	refinementre‧fine‧ment /rɪˈfaɪnmənt/ AWL noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a wine of great delicacy and refinement His manners showed refinement and good breeding. Several rule refinements come into force this season. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Each of these steps can be further broken down, a process also referred to as stepwise refinement. Essentially this feedforward network uses a refinement of the Widrow-Hoff technique, which calculates the difference between actual outputs and desired outputs. Having made such strides with the engine and suspension, we added further touches of refinement inside and out. Of respectable working-class background with some pretentions to gentility, without formal education, she nevertheless possessed an instinctive refinement of manner. On April 15 the federal parliament approved refinements to the presidential election process. Second time around they added refinements. Some highly general tendencies, which will necessarily be subject to subsequent refinement and caution, can serve to represent the scene. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► further · They have also developed one further refinement.· In some places they are called bridge tables, but that is only a further refinement on the original definition.· As a first attempt the results are no doubt crude, but they do provide a basis for further refinement.· Each reframing represented a further refinement and enrichment of their appreciation for their new role.· Aims are necessary starting points, but before the teacher can begin to provide learning experiences further refinement is necessary.· With the coming of the fine steel pen, further refinements were introduced.· The 1990s will see further refinements to these measurements as the Global Positioning System becomes fully operational.· A further refinement is the fantasy sequence within an otherwise realistic context. Word family WORD FAMILYnounrefinementrefineryadjectiverefined ≠ unrefinedverbrefine 1[countable] an improvement, usually a small one, to something:  The new model has a number of refinements.2[countable] something which is an improved version of an existing product, system etcrefinement of The new theory is a refinement of Corbin’s theory of personality development.3[uncountable] the process of improving something:  Some further refinement is needed.4[uncountable] the process of making a substance more pure:  sugar refinementrefinement of the refinement of cocaine5[uncountable] the quality of being polite and well-educated, in a way that is typical of someone from a high social class:  a woman of great refinement
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