refine

英 [rɪˈfaɪn]

美 [rɪˈfaɪn]

v.  精炼; 提纯; 去除杂质; 改进; 改善; 使精练

现在分词：refining　过去分词：refined　过去式：refined　第三人称单数：refines　

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牛津词典

verb

• 精炼；提纯；去除杂质
  to make a substance pure by taking other substances out of it
  1. the process of refining oil/sugar
     炼油的 / 炼糖的工序
• 改进；改善；使精练
  to improve sth by making small changes to it

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提炼;精炼
  When a substanceis refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it.
  1. Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.
     油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
• VERB 改进，改善，改良（过程、理论或机器）
  If something such as a process, theory, or machineis refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it.
  1. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.
     外科手术的技术不断得到完善。

英英释义

verb

• make more complex, intricate, or richer
  1. refine a design or pattern
  Synonym:complicaterarifyelaborate
• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
  1. refine a method of analysis
  2. refine the constant in the equation
• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
  1. many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  1. refine one's style of writing
  Synonym:polishfine-tunedown
• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state
  1. refine sugar
  Synonym:rectify
• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
  1. refine paper stock
  2. refine pig iron
  3. refine oil

双语例句

• To refine our recommendation: services should be named using nouns, operations should be named using verbs.
  我们的建议就是：应使用名词对服务进行命名；而应使用动词对操作进行命名。
• Design patterns usually refine the design model to capture frequently used or complex structures and processes.
  设计模式通常对设计模型进行提炼，从而获取经常使用的，或复杂的结构和过程。
• Works of taste can refine the mind.
  高雅的作品能陶冶心灵。
• Refer to the discussion of the Elaboration phase above for information on the Refine Requirements and Design Components activities.
  参见上面对精化阶段有关提炼需求和设计组件活动的讨论。
• I was able to help refine their workflows and build custom tools.
  我能够帮助他们精炼工作流程，建立客户工具。
• Refine the system architecture to support the new context and requirements.
  精化系统架构以适应新的环境和需求。
• We will continue to refine these processes to better study and understand the sophisticated nature of herbal medicines.
  我们会进一步地精炼这些过程来更好地学习和理解中药复杂的机理。
• The feature can refine this requirement to be: "System should use a relational database".
  那么功能就要提炼概括这个需求为：“系统必须使用一个关系型数据库”。
• They refine sugar using this way.
  他们用这种方法精制糖。
• The friction stir technology can refine grain and enhance rigidity of metals.
  利用摩擦搅拌技术还能细化金属材料的晶粒和增强硬度。