refine 音标拼音: [rəf'ɑɪn] [rɪf'ɑɪn]
vt . 精炼,净化,使优雅,使精练
vi . 精炼,净化,推敲
精炼,净化,使优雅,使精练精炼,净化,推敲
refine v 1 :
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing ; "
refine one '
s style of writing " [
synonym : {
polish }, {
refine }, {
fine -
tune },
{
down }]
2 :
make more complex ,
intricate ,
or richer ; "
refine a design or pattern " [
synonym : {
complicate }, {
refine }, {
rarify }, {
elaborate }]
3 :
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition ; "
refine paper stock "; "
refine pig iron "; "
refine oil "
4 :
reduce to a fine ,
unmixed ,
or pure state ;
separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities ; "
refine sugar "
[
synonym : {
refine }, {
rectify }]
5 :
attenuate or reduce in vigor ,
strength ,
or validity by polishing or purifying ; "
many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet "
6 :
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of ;
"
refine a method of analysis "; "
refine the constant in the equation "
Refine \
Re *
fine "\ (
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n "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Refined }
(-
find ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Refining }.] [
Pref .
re -
fine to make fine :
cf .
F .
raffiner .]
1 .
To reduce to a fine ,
unmixed ,
or pure state ;
to free from impurities ;
to free from dross or alloy ;
to separate from extraneous matter ;
to purify ;
to defecate ;
as ,
to refine gold or silver ;
to refine iron ;
to refine wine or sugar .
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I will bring the third part through the fire ,
and will refine them as silver is refined . --
Zech .
xiii .
9 .
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2 .
To purify from what is gross ,
coarse ,
vulgar ,
inelegant ,
low ,
and the like ;
to make elegant or exellent ;
to polish ;
as ,
to refine the manners ,
the language ,
the style ,
the taste ,
the intellect ,
or the moral feelings .
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Love refines The thoughts ,
and heart enlarges . --
Milton .
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Syn :
To purify ;
clarify ;
polish ;
ennoble .
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Refine \
Re *
fine "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To become pure ;
to be cleared of feculent matter .
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So the pure ,
limpid stream ,
when foul with stains ,
Works itself clear ,
and ,
as it runs ,
refines .
--
Addison .
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2 .
To improve in accuracy ,
delicacy ,
or excellence .
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Chaucer refined on Boccace ,
and mended his stories .
--
Dryden .
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But let a lord once own the happy lines ,
How the wit brightens !
How the style refines !
--
Pope .
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3 .
To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language . "
He makes another paragraph about our refining in controversy ." --
Atterbury .
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164 Moby Thesaurus words for "
refine ":
abate ,
abrade ,
abstract ,
acculturate ,
advance ,
ameliorate ,
amend ,
bate ,
beautify ,
better ,
bolt ,
boost ,
bring forward ,
carve ,
chisel ,
civilize ,
clarify ,
cleanse ,
clear ,
colliquate ,
concentrate ,
convert ,
cultivate ,
curtail ,
decoct ,
decontaminate ,
decrassify ,
decrease ,
deduct ,
defrost ,
depreciate ,
depurate ,
derogate ,
detract ,
develop ,
diminish ,
disparage ,
distill ,
drain ,
eat away ,
edify ,
educate ,
edulcorate ,
elaborate ,
elevate ,
elute ,
embellish ,
emend ,
enhance ,
enlighten ,
enrich ,
erode ,
essentialize ,
evolve ,
excite ,
express ,
extract ,
fatten ,
favor ,
file away ,
filter ,
filtrate ,
finish ,
flux ,
focus ,
forward ,
foster ,
fuse ,
go straight ,
grow ,
harvest ,
hone ,
impair ,
improve ,
improve upon ,
infuse ,
lard ,
leach ,
lessen ,
lift ,
lixiviate ,
machine ,
make an improvement ,
make sensitive ,
mature ,
meliorate ,
melt ,
melt down ,
mend ,
mill ,
mine ,
narrow ,
nurture ,
oversimplify ,
percolate ,
perfect ,
polish ,
press out ,
process ,
promote ,
pump ,
purify ,
quicken ,
raise ,
rear ,
rectify ,
reduce ,
reduce to elements ,
refine upon ,
reform ,
remove ,
render ,
retrench ,
ripen ,
round ,
rub away ,
run ,
screen ,
season ,
sensibilize ,
sensitize ,
separate ,
sharpen ,
shorten ,
sieve ,
sift ,
simplify ,
sleek ,
slick ,
smelt ,
smooth ,
soak ,
socialize ,
spiritualize ,
steep ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
straighten out ,
strain ,
streamline ,
strip down ,
subduct ,
sublimate ,
sublime ,
subtilize ,
subtract ,
take away ,
take from ,
thaw ,
thin ,
thin out ,
transfigure ,
transform ,
try ,
unfreeze ,
upgrade ,
uplift ,
wear away ,
weed ,
whet ,
winnow ,
withdraw ,
wring ,
wring out
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