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Refine Refining Oil Work Refined Author Make Means

英语单词 refine
英美音标 英 [rɪ'faɪn] 美 [rɪ'faɪn]
中文释义 v.精炼;改进;使更文雅
英语例句 (1) The oil will be refined.
(2) Their daily work is to refine crude oil.
(3) Sugar, oil and metals are refined before use.
(4) She will refine on her Bad points.
(5) The author is planning to refine on his work of five years ago.
(6) After30 years, the mature author was able to refine on the work of his youth.
(7) Reading good books helps to refine our speech.
中文例句 (1) 这些石油将被精炼。
(2) 他们每天的工作是精炼原油。
(3) 糖, 油和金属在使用前须先提炼。
(4) 她会改进她的缺点。
(5) 作者打算把他5年前的著作修改得更完美些。
(6) 过去30年,这位作家已经成熟,他可以将年轻时候写的作品修改得更完美了。
(7) 读一些好书有助于使我们的言谈更优雅。
vocabulary简明 When you refine something, you make it better. Whether it's sugar or an essay, refining it requires fixing its flaws.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]提炼;精炼 When a substance is refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it.
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  • Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.

    油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。

refining
  • ...oil refining.

    炼油

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[VERB 动词]改进,改善,改良(过程、理论或机器) If something such as a process, theory, or machine is refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it.
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  • Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.

    外科手术的技术不断得到完善。

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