[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
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[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
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re·fine·mentAWL/rɪˈfaɪnmənt; NAmErɪˈfaɪnmənt/noun1[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refinementrefinementsre·fine·ment/rɪˈfaɪnmənt; NAmErɪˈfaɪnmənt/
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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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