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Refinement Rɪˈfaɪnmənt Process Sth Noun Small Making Quality

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refinement

[rɪˈfaɪnmənt]

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精致(34%),精炼(23%),提炼(18%),文雅(17%),改良(8%)
n.精制;文雅;[化工][油气][冶] 提纯
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Collins
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/rɪfa͟ɪnmənt/
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]完善;修正;改进 Refinements are small changes or additions that you make to something in order to improve it. Refinement is the process of making refinements.
  • Older cars inevitably lack the latest safety refinements.

    老款的汽车难免缺少经过改进的最新安全保护装置。

  • ...development and refinement of the game.

    比赛的发展和改进

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]彬彬有礼;有教养 Refinement is politeness and good manners.
  • ...a girl who possessed both dignity and refinement.

    既有尊严又有教养的女孩


Oxford
re·fine·ment AWL / rɪˈfaɪnmənt ; NAmE rɪˈfaɪnmənt / noun 1 [countable ] a small change to sth that improves it (精细的)改进,改善 SYN
enhancement
This particular model has a further refinement. 这一款式又有了进一步的改进。
2 [countable ] refinementof sth a thing that is an improvement on an earlier, similar thing 改良品;经过改进的东西 The new plan is a refinement of the one before. 新计划比原计划有改进。 3 [uncountable ] the process of improving sth or of making sth pure 精炼;提炼;提纯 the refinement of industrial techniques 工业技术的进一步提高 the refinement of uranium 铀的提炼 4 [uncountable ] the quality of being polite and well educated and able to judge the quality of things; the state of having the sort of manners that are considered typical of a high social class 优雅;礼貌;有教养 SYN
gentility
a person of considerable refinement 很有教养的人 an atmosphere of refinement 优雅的气氛
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re·fine·ment / rɪˈfaɪnmənt ; NAmE rɪˈfaɪnmənt /
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refinementre‧fine‧ment /rɪˈfaɪnmənt/ AWL noun
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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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