Refine



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 净化, 精炼
• ［英］ v. 净化, 精炼 ( make pure)

Webster Collegiate

verb (refined; refining)

• Date: 1582
• transitive verb
  • 1. to free (as metal, sugar, or oil) from impurities or unwanted material
  • 2. to free from moral imperfection ; elevate
  • 3. to improve or perfect by pruning or polishing <refine a poetic style>
  • 4. to reduce in vigor or intensity
  • 5. to free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become pure or perfected
  • 2. to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions
• ? refiner noun

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