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refining

/ri-fahyn/US // rɪˈfaɪn //UK // (rɪˈfaɪn) //

炼油,炼化,炼制,精炼

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v.有主动词 verb
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    re·fined, re·fin·ing.

    • : to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
    • : to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured.
    • : to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
    • : to make more fine, subtle, or precise: to refine one's writing style.
v.无主动词 verb
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    re·fined, re·fin·ing.

    • : to become pure: The silver is refining in the furnace.
    • : to become more fine, elegant, or polished: His parents hope that his manners will refine as he gets older.
    • : to make fine distinctions in thought or language.
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    • : refine on / upon to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.: to refine on one's previous work.

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Examples

  • He used the strategy he had refined during the turnover at Temple, which was writing and rewriting concepts until they lodged in his brain.

  • The systems are usually tested and refined throughout the year before being stretched to their limits during the actual event.

  • As computer scientists continue to refine and improve their algorithms, they’ll continue to blur the line between creativity and computation.

  • It feels very familiar—Microsoft has been refining the Xbox interface for years now and you won’t find any major tripping points.

  • He bought two giant barrel smokers in May, and just as important, he and his pit team have refined their techniques.

  • Twin studies using EEG were subsequently performed more than a dozen times, refining protocols and controlling for design flaws.

  • But the New Year is also about planning ahead, refining a longer-term vision of balance and sustainability.

  • Other technologies are refining the concept of a “fit” between school and student.

  • Refining the way in which the screening is administered would be preferable to discarding it altogether, Knoepfler believes.

  • “We share this focus on refining, taking away complexity, removing anything unnecessary, doing fewer things but better,” he says.

  • The clay used in refining the sugar is dug close to the mill; it feels soft and fat in the fingers.

  • The compounded rubber goes from the mixing mills to refining mills, to be prepared for the calenders.

  • As for the other part of refining, which consists in receiving new words and phrases, I shall not insist much on it.

  • Brewing in the senior day-room was a mere vulgar brawl, lacking all the refining influences of the study.

  • Reading which does not result in enlarging, stimulating, and refining one's nature is but a busy idleness.