refine的经典引文是:Her poetry..gained simplicity and directness as she refined it.出自:G. Daly。refine的词语用法是v.(动词)refine的基本意思是“提炼,精炼,精制”,指在原基础上向好的方面发展。引申可表示“使变得完善,使变得优雅”。refine【近义词】purify(使)净化。
一、详尽释义点此查看refine的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.提炼;精炼
When a substanceis refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it.
e.g. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.
油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
2.改进,改善,改良(过程、理论或机器)
If something such as a process, theory, or machineis refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it.
e.g. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.
外科手术的技术不断得到完善。
四、例句
The oil will be refined.
这些石油将被精炼。
Their daily work is to refine crude oil.
他们每天的工作是精炼原油。
Sugar, oil and metals are refined before use.
糖, 油和金属在使用前须先提炼。
We shall have to refine on our methods of advertising.
我们得进一步改进做广告的方法。
She will refine on her Bad points.
她会改进她的缺点。
The author is planning to refine on his work of five years ago.
作者打算把他5年前的著作修改得更完美些。
After30 years, the mature author was able to refine on the work of his youth.
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。
Reading good books helps to refine our speech.
读一些好书有助于使我们的言谈更优雅。
五、常见句型
六、词汇搭配
七、词义辨析
refine的相关近义词
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refine的相关临近词
refinement、refill、refiner、refined、Refiners、refine on、refinedly、refine out、refine oil、refined FEM、refine upon、refine away