Refine
[ rɪ'faɪn ]
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vt. 提炼;改善;使高雅;
💡 词根助记
fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：re再次+fin=再次限定=精炼
📝 例句
The firm's top man refined on his management style.
公司总裁对管理作风作了精微的改进。
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。
refine on [upon] one's theory
将自己的理论加以琢磨 [修改]
Much of the really nutritive material actually was refined out of the foods.
在食品加工过程中很多真正有营养价值的物质实际上却丧失了。
Crude oil can be refined into various petroleum products.
原油可炼制成各种石油产品。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ refine-精炼,fine-好:提炼是为了让物质变得更“好”
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,fine-美好的:阿姨在美好的事物中净化
※ re-前缀“重复、再”,fine-词根“精制的”:精制的物品需多重工艺再三作用
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
re-表示“后”
📖 牛津释义
refine
v[Tn]
1 remove impurities from (sth); purify 从（某物）中除去杂质; 精制; 精炼; 提纯
refine sugar, oil, ore, etc 制糖、 炼油、 提炼矿石
refining processes 提炼过程.
2 improve (sth) by removing defects and attending to detail （去粗取精、 一丝不苟）改良（某事物）
refine one's working methods 改进自己的工作方法
refine earlier systems, designs, theories 改良原先的制度、 设计、 理论.
3 (fig 比喻) make (sb/sth) more cultured or elegant; remove what is coarse or vulgar from 使（某人[某事物]）更有教养或更文雅; 使去掉粗俗言行
refine one's manners, taste, language 使举止更优雅、 趣味更高雅、 语言更文雅.
🎯 考研助记
一再(re)的使好(fine)- 精炼
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'fain]vt. 精炼, 净化, 使优雅, 使精炼vi. 被精炼, 被净化【医】 精制, 精练【经】 精炼, 精制, 提纯
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She might have had an accident.
可能出事了。
The man who had been working on the repairs mentioned the curious way their cigarettes burned and tasted.
一直在干修理工作的人提起了他们的香烟点燃时奇怪的样子以及怪怪的味道。
He noticed that the straight part of the dance was different in the afternoon from what it had been in the morning.
他注意到下午舞蹈的直线部分与上午的不一样。