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。
• In this new system, the balance between resistance to damage and flexibility has been raised to a new level by means of a sophisticated refinement of the coating.
  在这一系统中，通过对涂层精密的改进，使得涂层在抗损性和柔韧性的平衡达到了一个新的水平。
• The tools, the training, and the techniques should be under constant refinement.
  工具、培训，和技术应该处于不变的改进之下。
• 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。
• This paper studies on extraction and refinement of grape seed oil.
  对葡萄籽油提取和精炼工艺进行了研究。
• An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
  假派头试图表达或保持优雅和得体的外表的努力。
• Interoperability is most easily established by the creation, adoption, and refinement of standards.
  建立互操作性最轻松的方式是创建、采用和改进标准。
• 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 process of software refinement include data refinement and process refinement.
  规范语言的求精过程可分为数据求精和过程求精。
• One of the primary goals of this course is the development and refinement of critical analysis and argument.
  培养提高学生的评论分析与论证能力是本课程重要目标之一。