| 单词 | refine |
| 释义 | refine (once / 207 pages) 1v 2v When you refine something, you make it better. Whether it's sugar or an essay, refining it requires fixing its flaws. You may think you created a masterpiece on the first try. But there's always room to refine. More than just working out the kinks, refining something means you're going to fine tune it, hone it to perfection, and make it more precise. In scientific terms, to refine something means to reduce it down to a pure state. At the dinner table, you can please grandma by refining your manners. WORD FAMILYrefine: overrefine, refined, refinement, refiner, refinery, refines, refining+/overrefine: overrefined, overrefinement/refined: refinedest, refinedly, unrefined/refinement: refinements/refiner: refiners/refinery: refineries/refining: refinings USAGE EXAMPLESHe’s almost 67 years old, looks 22, and hasn’t eaten refined sugar in what appears to be a decade. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The industry’s apps and the waivers are still being refined. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) You’re officially on to the second phase, which is about refining the roster and looking like a true perennial division title contender. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities refine sugar Syn|Hyper rectify distill, make pure, purify, sublimate remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation 2v attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet Hyper attenuate become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude 3v treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition 2refine paper stock refine pig iron refine oil Hyper process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition 1v improve or perfect by pruning or polishing refine one's style of writing Syn|Hypo|Hyper down, fine-tune, polish over-refine, overrefine refine too much or with excess of subtlety civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, trainteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment sophisticatemake less natural or innocent ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 2v make more complex, intricate, or richer refine a design or pattern Syn|Hypo|Hyper complicate, elaborate, rarify involve make complex or intricate or complicated developelaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme sophisticatemake more complex or refined alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of refine a method of analysis refine the constant in the equation Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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