Refined
[rɪ'faɪnd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; 'she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship'; 'refined people with refined taste' .
(adj.) freed from impurities by processing; 'refined sugar'; 'refined oil'; 'to gild refined gold'- Shakespeare .
編輯:奥马尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Refine
(a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.
巴拉克編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Purified, clarified.[2]. Accomplished, cultivated, polished, elegant, genteel, stylish, courtly, polite, well-bred.[3]. Classic, classical, pure, chaste, Attic, delicate, nice, exquisite.
校對:莱斯利
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Courtly, polished, accomplished, genteel,[See POLITE]
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例句/造句/用法:
- There was a brief interval, they heard a door close, then Maxim said, in his refined voice: 'That's all right. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Yorke, she rose, she grew tall, she expanded and refined almost to flame. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I like your nice manners and refined ways of speaking, when you don't try to be elegant. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I should ask Mrs. Gradgrind's pardon for strong expressions, but that she knows very well I am not a refined character. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Oh, if you are for high notions and double-refined sentiment, I've naught to say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A crude gift of nature, in the mountain side, it remained, however, a sodden mass until extracted, refined, and wrought into shape by the genius of man. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Were the pride of ancestry, the patrician spirit, the gentle courtesies and refined pursuits, splendid attributes of rank, to be erased among us? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This we may confirm by a reflection, which to some will, perhaps, appear too subtile and refined. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Practically all the copper now produced, except that from Lake Superior, is refined electrolytically by substantially the method of Farmer’s patent (Pat. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- All ladies are not so refined, replied Graham, laughing. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Perhaps not, answered I; perhaps I may not be so refined when I like my man better. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The bulk of the crude chicle manufactured is shipped in blocks to Canada, where it is further evaporated and carefully refined prior to importation into the United States. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They are fine fellows--very fine fellows; with judgments matured by observation and reflection; and tastes refined by reading and study. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If we embrace this principle, and condemn all refined reasoning, we run into the most manifest absurdities. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Even the most refined statistics are nothing but an abstraction. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- A truly refined mind will seem to be ignorant of the existence of anything that is not perfectly proper, placid, and pleasant. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Deep affliction has but strengthened and refined them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Are you educated and he ignorant, you high and he low, you refined and he coarse, you talented and he simple? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I shall never forget the refined and simple hospitality he showed to me that last day at Helstone. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Most of the sugar consumed in the United States is imported, much raw sugar being imported and refined here. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Woodrow Wilson's is an elegant and highly refined intellect, nicely balanced and capable of fine adjustment. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Platonism is a very refined and beautiful expression of our natural instincts, it embodies conscience and utters our inmost hopes. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Well, Polly, you must persuade Miss Snowe to undertake both you and me; to make you steady and womanly, and me refined and classical. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I hadn't a refined bringing up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Something quite refined in her beauty, is there not? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Perhaps, translated to another sphere, Thy spirit--like thy light, refined and clear-- Ballooned with purest hydrogen, shall rise, And add a PATENT PLANET to the skies. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It has simply been refined and made more perfect in a mechanical sense. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- His manners were very refined; but so excessively formal and ceremonious that he used to put me into a fever. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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