Refine
[ rɪ'faɪn ]
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vt. 提炼;改善;使高雅;
💡 词根助记
fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：re再次+fin=再次限定=精炼
📝 例句
The firm's top man refined on his management style.
公司总裁对管理作风作了精微的改进。
Reading good books helps to refine our speech.
读一些好书有助于使我们的言谈更优雅。
refine on [upon] one's theory
将自己的理论加以琢磨 [修改]
Much of the really nutritive material actually was refined out of the foods.
在食品加工过程中很多真正有营养价值的物质实际上却丧失了。
Crude oil can be refined into various petroleum products.
原油可炼制成各种石油产品。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ refine-精炼,fine-好:提炼是为了让物质变得更“好”
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,fine-美好的:阿姨在美好的事物中净化
※ re-前缀“重复、再”,fine-词根“精制的”:精制的物品需多重工艺再三作用
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
re-表示“后”
📖 牛津释义
refine
v[Tn]
1 remove impurities from (sth); purify 从（某物）中除去杂质; 精制; 精炼; 提纯
refine sugar, oil, ore, etc 制糖、 炼油、 提炼矿石
refining processes 提炼过程.
2 improve (sth) by removing defects and attending to detail （去粗取精、 一丝不苟）改良（某事物）
refine one's working methods 改进自己的工作方法
refine earlier systems, designs, theories 改良原先的制度、 设计、 理论.
3 (fig 比喻) make (sb/sth) more cultured or elegant; remove what is coarse or vulgar from 使（某人[某事物]）更有教养或更文雅; 使去掉粗俗言行
refine one's manners, taste, language 使举止更优雅、 趣味更高雅、 语言更文雅.
🎯 考研助记
一再(re)的使好(fine)- 精炼
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'fain]vt. 精炼, 净化, 使优雅, 使精炼vi. 被精炼, 被净化【医】 精制, 精练【经】 精炼, 精制, 提纯
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Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名，因为他们非常繁忙，所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候，许多人的姓名都被更改了。
When you type a letter, the writing appears on a screen in front of you and is recorded onto a computer disk.
当你打一封信时，字迹出现在你前面的屏幕上并顾在电脑的磁盘里。
Because of his revolutionary views, he spent many years in prison.
由于他的革命观点，他在监狱里度过了许多年。