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refinery

/ri-fahy-nuh-ree/US // rɪˈfaɪ nə ri //UK // (rɪˈfaɪnərɪ) //

炼油厂,精炼厂,炼厂,冶炼厂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural re·fin·er·ies.

    • : an establishment for refining something, as metal, sugar, or petroleum.

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Examples

  • The Chapter 11 process provides Limetree with the clearest path to maximize the value of our estate for our stakeholders while safely preparing the refinery for an extended shutdown.

  • Many are choosing to hone their business in on the most efficient, high-yielding assets—rigs, drilling rights, refineries, pipelines, and the like—and sell off whatever’s particularly carbon-intense.

  • One in Philadelphia led to the permanent closure in 2019 of what had been the largest oil refinery on the East Coast.

  • The refinery, which used to operate under the name Hovensa before shutting down nearly a decade ago and changing ownership, is a major employer and source of revenue for the territory.

  • In the summer of 1941 the Bomber Mafia identified strategic “choke points” — power plants, oil refineries, aircraft factories — to be attacked should the United States enter the war.

  • Refinery management had normalized the occurrences of hazardous conditions.

  • The condensate is then supposed to be routed into the pipeline system that delivers the crude to the nearby refinery.

  • We fought in Mosul 10 days,” Jasim said, “then they sent us to Bayji to help the army liberate the refinery.

  • By Tuesday night, ISIS was in control of Bayji, a major oil refinery city that stood north between Tikrit and Mosul.

  • This unusually severe judgment was the first criminal conviction of a refinery operation under the Clean Air Act.

  • Many dyers' furnaces, a little silver refinery, and perhaps a bakery have also been noticed.

  • The lead remaining, which is extremely rich in silver, is then taken to the refinery, and treated in the usual manner.

  • On the edge of the town is located the refinery of the company, connected by pipe lines with the wells, a few miles distant.

  • But this mode of refinery, consisting in the use of a reverberatory furnace alone, did not produce altogether the desired result.

  • This pot has a lining of refinery slag, which is melted, as the apparatus revolves, to get it to adhere to the sides.