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Refined Good Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Oil Process Manners Taste

英语单词 refined
英美音标 英 [rɪ'faɪnd] 美 [rɪ'faɪnd]
中文释义 adj.精炼的;优雅的;精细的
动词refine的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) The oil will be refined.
(2) He has a refined palate.
(3) She's so refined that she always eats cake with a little fork.
(4) He is a man of subtle and refined sensibility.
(5) The method is generally less precise than refined methods of numerical analysis.
中文例句 (1) 这些石油将被精炼。
(2) 他精于品味。
(3) 她非常文雅,吃蛋糕一定用小叉子。
(4) 他是个感情细腻的男子。
(5) 这种方法不如精细的数值分析法来的精确。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]精炼的;去杂质的;提纯的 A refined substance has been made pure by having other substances removed from it.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...refined sugar.

    精制白糖

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)有礼貌的,有教养的,彬彬有礼的,有品位的 If you say that someone is refined, you mean that they are very polite and have good manners and good taste.
  • ...refined and well-dressed ladies...

    举止优雅、衣着考究的女士们

  • His speech and manner are refined.

    他谈吐优雅,彬彬有礼。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]经过完善的;经过提升的 If you describe a machine or a process as refined, you mean that it has been carefully developed and is therefore very efficient or elegant.
  • ...a more refined engine...

    更加完善的引擎

  • This technique is becoming more refined and more acceptable all the time.

    这种技术变得越来越完善,越来越受人欢迎。

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