refinement

英 [rɪˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [rɪˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  (精细的)改进，改善; 改良品; 经过改进的东西; 精炼; 提炼; 提纯

复数：refinements　

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牛津词典

noun

• （精细的）改进，改善
  a small change to sth that improves it
  1. This particular model has a further refinement.
     这一款式又有了进一步的改进。
• 改良品；经过改进的东西
  a thing that is an improvement on an earlier, similar thing
  1. The new plan is a refinement of the one before.
     新计划比原计划有改进。
• 精炼；提炼；提纯
  the process of improving sth or of making sth pure
  1. the refinement of industrial techniques
     工业技术的进一步提高
  2. the refinement of uranium
     铀的提炼
• 优雅；礼貌；有教养
  the quality of being polite and well educated and able to judge the quality of things; the state of having the sort of manners that are considered typical of a high social class
  1. a person of considerable refinement
     很有教养的人
  2. an atmosphere of refinement
     优雅的气氛

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 完善;修正;改进
  Refinementsare small changes or additions that you make to something in order to improve it.Refinementis the process of making refinements.
  1. Older cars inevitably lack the latest safety refinements.
     老款的汽车难免缺少经过改进的最新安全保护装置。
  2. ...development and refinement of the game.
     比赛的发展和改进
• N-UNCOUNT 彬彬有礼;有教养
  Refinementis politeness and good manners.
  1. ...a girl who possessed both dignity and refinement.
     既有尊严又有教养的女孩

双语例句

• They are not exponents of high fashion, refinement, and elegance.
  他们不是时尚、优雅和高贵的化身。
• Today, Arnold will be the first time such a request to carry out the refinement.
  而今天，阿诺德首次将这种要求进行了细化。
• The cultivation of personality is both moral and aesthetic, and it requires both scholarship and refinement.
  性格的创造是道德上和审美上的问题，而且同时需要学识和风雅。
• A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
  通过美学和智力训练而形成的高品味和文雅。
• The elegance of a line depends above all on the purity and refinement of its construction.
  线条之优雅首先取决于其结构的纯洁和精致。
• Similar refinement processes transform other plants like poppies and coca into heroin and cocaine.
  将其他植物，如罂粟和古柯转变为海洛因和可卡因的提纯过程，与上述程序是相似的。
• The grain refinement and formation of intermetallic play an important role for improving the performance in the laser cladding layer.
  激光熔覆层中的晶粒细化和金属间化合物的形成对性能的提高起到重要作用。
• During initial development these two steps can be combined to allow easy creation and refinement of prototype services.
  在初始开发中，可结合这两个步骤以简化创建和精炼原型服务。
• The composition of fossil fuels varies with source, type, and degree of refinement.
  矿物燃料的成分随来源、种类和精选程度而变化。
• Good manners and correct speech are marks of refinement.
  彬彬有礼和谈吐得体是文雅的标志。