Rarefied Air Atmosphere People ˈreərɪfaɪd Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Disapproval
This flashcard defines "rarefied" in two ways: as something that is overly refined, aristocratic, or detached from reality, often used with disapproval. It also defines it as air that is thin and contains less oxygen, typically found at high altitudes.
The word "rarefied" has two main meanings: it can describe something as being too high-class, noble, or detached from everyday life, usually in a critical way. Alternatively, it refers to thin air with low oxygen content, like at high elevations.
This flashcard defines "rarefied" in two ways: as something that is overly refined, aristocratic, or detached from reality, often used with disapproval. It also defines it as air that is thin and contains less oxygen, typically found at high altitudes.
The word "rarefied" has two main meanings: it can describe something as being too high-class, noble, or detached from everyday life, usually in a critical way. Alternatively, it refers to thin air with low oxygen content, like at high elevations.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]过于高雅的；过于高贵的；脱离现实生活的 If you talk about the rarefied atmosphere of a place or institution, you are expressing your disapproval of it, because it has a special social or academic status that makes it very different from ordinary life.
[usu ADJ n]
[disapproval]
...the fear and loneliness that working class students can feel when they are plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of university...
工人阶级出身的学生面对大学静雅高深的氛围时产生的恐惧和孤独
It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital.
对国家日后的统治者来说，摆脱首都过于清高的氛围是很重要的。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（空气）稀薄的，含氧量少的Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas.
Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air.
动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。
...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.
居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区
Oxford
rar·efied/ˈreərɪfaɪd; NAmEˈrerəfaɪd/adjective[usually before noun ]1( often disapproving) understood or experienced by only a very small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge or activity 高深精妙的；曲高和寡的◆the rarefied atmosphere of academic life阳春白雪的学术生活氛围2(of air 空气)containing less oxygenthan usual 稀薄的；含氧量低的rar·efied/ˈreərɪfaɪd; NAmEˈrerəfaɪd/
LDC
rarefiedrar‧e‧fied /ˈreərɪfaɪd $ ˈrer-/ adjective [usually before noun]
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1a rarefied place, organization, or type of activity is only available to or understood by a small group of people – used to show disapproval: the rarefied atmosphere of academia2rarefied air is the air in high places, which has less oxygen than usual
WDF
rarefied
[ˈreərɪfaɪd]
原型:rarefied 是 rarefy 的过去式
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稀薄的(69%)，极高的(22%)，动词rarefy的过去式和过去分词形式.(9%)
adj.稀薄的；纯化的
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