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

• Further refinement is possible by ranking the proposals or simply excluding individual proposals in examining the gap.
  通过将建议分级或简单地排除缺口检查中的个人建议来更好地改进是可能的。
• 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。
• Throughout the refinement phase, visual designers should develop and maintain a visual style guide.
  在经历了整个细化阶段之后，视觉设计者应该发展并提出一套视觉风格指南。
• All the elegance, all the refinement of high society was gathered there.
  上流社会的所有高雅和精致都被集中在那儿。
• Perhaps that's a refinement you could make for your own site.
  也许您可以在自己的站点对这一项进行优化。
• 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***和***的提纯过程，与上述程序是相似的。
• 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。
• 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。
• With some more tests and refinement our method could in future be applied on a bigger scale.
  随着进一步的试验和方法的改进，在将来这种方法将广泛运用。
• This will allow for further refinement and manipulation of form elements.
  这允许进一步细化和操作表单元素。