英语词汇“refined”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adj 2adj

Something that's refined has gone through a process to remove impurities. An oil refinery removes impurities from oil. When a person's refined, they have good manners and good taste.

A stereotypically refined lady will drink tea every day at four in the afternoon, lift her pinky while drinking, and select only refined (pure white, not raw) sugar as a sweetener. Someone with a refined taste in art has learned how to make judgments about what is good and what they like.

WORD FAMILY

refined: refinedest, refinedly, unrefined+/overrefine: overrefined, overrefinement/refine: overrefine, refined, refinement, refiner, refinery, refines, refining/refinement: refinements/refiner: refiners/refinery: refineries/refining: refinings

USAGE EXAMPLES

He’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)

Her clothing style was refined professionalism — affordable polyester and discreet darts.

Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)

1adj (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
refined people with refined taste

Syn|Ant

civilised, civilized

having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

elegant

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

fastidious

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

gracious

characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

polished

perfected or made shiny and smooth

civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite

marked by refinement in taste and manners

couth

(used facetiously) refined

dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee

affectedly dainty or refined

debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave

having a sophisticated charm

delicate, finespun

developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

gentlemanlike, gentlemanly

befitting a man of good breeding

ladylike

befitting a woman of good breeding

patrician

befitting a person of noble origin

overrefined, superfine

excessively delicate or refined

well-bred, well-mannered

of good upbringing

unrefined

(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

inelegant

lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

unfastidious

marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness

ungracious

lacking charm and good taste

unpolished

not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

agrestic

(of behavior) rustic and uncouth

artless, uncultivated, uncultured

(of persons) lacking art or knowledge

boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

crass

(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

low

unrefined in character

robust

rough and crude

rough

(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

rough-spoken

rude or uncouth in speech

ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly

not befitting a gentleman

unladylike

lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady

2adj showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

Syn

polished, svelte, urbane
sophisticated

having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

3adj suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

Syn

elegant, graceful
gracious

characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

4adj free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

Syn

neat, tasteful
elegant

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

adj freed from impurities by processing

refined sugar
refined oil
"to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

Syn|Ant

processed

crude, unprocessed, unrefined

not refined or processed

单词	refined
释义	refined (once / 452 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's refined has gone through a process to remove impurities. An oil refinery removes impurities from oil. When a person's refined, they have good manners and good taste. A stereotypically refined lady will drink tea every day at four in the afternoon, lift her pinky while drinking, and select only refined (pure white, not raw) sugar as a sweetener. Someone with a refined taste in art has learned how to make judgments about what is good and what they like. WORD FAMILY refined: refinedest, refinedly, unrefined+/overrefine: overrefined, overrefinement/refine: overrefine, refined, refinement, refiner, refinery, refines, refining/refinement: refinements/refiner: refiners/refinery: refineries/refining: refinings USAGE EXAMPLES He’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) Her clothing style was refined professionalism — affordable polyester and discreet darts. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship refined people with refined taste Syn\|Ant civilised, civilized having a high state of culture and development both social and technological elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness gracious characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit polished perfected or made shiny and smooth civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite marked by refinement in taste and manners couth (used facetiously) refined dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee affectedly dainty or refined debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave having a sophisticated charm delicate, finespun developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety gentlemanlike, gentlemanly befitting a man of good breeding ladylike befitting a woman of good breeding patrician befitting a person of noble origin overrefined, superfine excessively delicate or refined well-bred, well-mannered of good upbringing unrefined (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth inelegant lacking in refinement or grace or good taste unfastidious marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness ungracious lacking charm and good taste unpolished not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing agrestic (of behavior) rustic and uncouth artless, uncultivated, uncultured (of persons) lacking art or knowledge boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar lacking refinement or cultivation or taste crass (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace low unrefined in character robust rough and crude rough (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse rough-spoken rude or uncouth in speech ungentlemanlike, ungentlemanly not befitting a gentleman unladylike lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady 2adj showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience Syn polished, svelte, urbane sophisticated having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire 3adj suggesting taste, ease, and wealth Syn elegant, graceful gracious characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit 4adj free from what is tawdry or unbecoming Syn neat, tasteful elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style 2 adj freed from impurities by processing refined sugar refined oil "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare Syn\|Ant processed crude, unprocessed, unrefined not refined or processed
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