refine

英 [rɪˈfaɪn]

美 [rɪˈfaɪn]

v.  精炼; 提纯; 去除杂质; 改进; 改善; 使精练

现在分词：refining　过去分词：refined　过去式：refined　第三人称单数：refines　

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牛津词典

verb

• 精炼；提纯；去除杂质
  to make a substance pure by taking other substances out of it
  1. the process of refining oil/sugar
     炼油的 / 炼糖的工序
• 改进；改善；使精练
  to improve sth by making small changes to it

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提炼;精炼
  When a substanceis refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it.
  1. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.
     油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
• VERB 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.
  1. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.
     外科手术的技术不断得到完善。

英英释义

verb

• make more complex, intricate, or richer
  1. refine a design or pattern
  Synonym:complicaterarifyelaborate
• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
  1. refine a method of analysis
  2. refine the constant in the equation
• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
  1. many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  1. refine one's style of writing
  Synonym:polishfine-tunedown
• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state
  1. refine sugar
  Synonym:rectify
• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
  1. refine paper stock
  2. refine pig iron
  3. refine oil

双语例句

• Obtain and refine market and customer demand, responsible for product requirement management and product defining tasks.
  获取和提炼市场和用户需求，负责产品的需求管理和产品定义工作；
• Managers should refine this evaluation iteratively, as they plan, assess, and manage their portfolio management approach.
  管理人员应当迭代地精化这个评估，作为一个计划，评估并管理他们的组合管理方法。
• With the power of advanced technique, we evolve and refine principle.
  我们用先进技术的力量改进和发展原则。
• Establishing team values and adhering to them has helped us build a successful culture and refine our interview process.
  确立团队价值并坚持下去，这帮助我们创立了成功的文化，并且改进了我们的面试过程。
• To refine our recommendation: services should be named using nouns, operations should be named using verbs.
  我们的建议就是：应使用名词对服务进行命名；而应使用动词对操作进行命名。
• Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.
  外科手术的技术不断得到完善。
• Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.
  油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
• Works of taste can refine the mind.
  高雅的作品能陶冶心灵。
• We will continue to refine these processes to better study and understand the sophisticated nature of herbal medicines.
  我们会进一步地精炼这些过程来更好地学习和理解中药复杂的机理。
• To promote the development of the development zone, and a staff members have more drudgery and refine system, a vigil for more than a year, hard work, and achieved great success.
  为推动开发区的发展，他和开发区干部职工一道，熬更守夜苦干，细化制度，勤奋工作，一年多来，成绩斐然。