rarefied

英 [ˈreərɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈrerɪfaɪd]

adj.  高深精妙的; 曲高和寡的; 稀薄的; 含氧量低的

过去式：rarefied　

BNC.21373 / COCA.21700

牛津词典

adj.

• 高深精妙的；曲高和寡的
  understood or experienced by only a very small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge or activity
  1. the rarefied atmosphere of academic life
     阳春白雪的学术生活氛围
• 稀薄的；含氧量低的
  containing less oxygen than usual

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过于高雅的;过于高贵的;脱离现实生活的
  If you talk about therarefiedatmosphere of a place or institution, you are expressing your disapproval of it, because it has a special social or academic status that makes it very different from ordinary life.
  1. ...the fear and loneliness that working class students can feel when they are plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of university...
     工人阶级出身的学生面对大学静雅高深的氛围时产生的恐惧和孤独
  2. It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital.
     对国家日后的统治者来说，摆脱首都过于清高的氛围是很重要的。
• ADJ-GRADED （空气）稀薄的，含氧量少的
  Rarefiedair is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas.
  1. Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air.
     动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。
  2. ...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.
     居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区

双语例句

• But now we see that the subsequent complexity, rarefied skills and tools, and additional constraints ended up stamping out a lot of SOA consumption at the edge
  但现在我们可以看到随之而来的复杂性，欠缺的技术与工具，以及额外的约束，最终将许多对SOA的消化扑灭在了边缘
• Yet outside the rarefied world of thinkers, remarkably few deny the possibility of a supreme being; less than 10% of Americans.
  但是除了少数的思想家圈子之外，很少人拒绝上帝存在的可能性，在美国人里只有不到10%。
• In his novel The Savage Detectives, two avid young Latino poets never lose faith in their rarefied art no matter the vicissitudes of life, age and politics.
  在他的小说《荒野侦探》（TheSavageDetectives）中，两个热心的拉丁美洲年轻诗人一直都未失去对纯净艺术的信念，不管年龄增长，生活与政治发生变迁。
• A dilute or weakened condition. rare gasses; lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
  稀释稀释或变弱的状态稀薄的气体；在稀薄的高山空气中人头昏眼花。
• Midway up the slope, however, I staggered to a halt, gasping in the rarefied air, well before I reached the heights where the equations of Einstein and Dirac would have made sense.
  登到山坡的一半时，我摇摇晃晃的停下来，呼吸稀薄的空气，这时，距离我能够理解爱因斯坦或狄拉克的方程式的高度还相差很远。
• Until one day, you're up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you've forgotten what shit even looks like.
  直到有一天，你攀上高峰，你会忘记什么是鸟事。
• The flight of space vehicles, probes and shuttles set new demand on gas dynamics, including rarefied gas dynamics.
  飞船、宇航探测器、航天飞机等复杂外形航天器给气体动力学，包括稀薄气体动力学提出了新的要求。
• Both descriptions reflect a few of the ways parenting ( at least in this rarefied socioeconomic milieu) has evolved since the 1980s into a competitive and consumerist sport.
  她们的描述都反映出，自20世纪80年代以来，养育子女的某些方式（至少在这个特定的社会经济环境中）已演变成竞争性的消费主义活动。
• The other is that the rarefied nature of astrochemistry changes the way processes work.
  二是天体化学其稀薄的属性会改变化学反应的过程。
• A variety of flow phenomena, such as rarefied gas flow, reverse jet flow and gas solid two phase flow etc.
  固体战术导弹在高空实现头体两级分离过程中，流场内存在稀薄气体流动、反向喷流及气固两相流动等多种流动现象。