purify
polish; improve
cause to become more cultured, polished in manners; get rid of what is coarse or vulgar
"refine one's style of writing"
"refine a design or pattern"
"refine paper stock"
"refine pig iron"
"refine oil"
"refine sugar"
"many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
"refine a method of analysis"
"refine the constant in the equation"
Her poetry..gained simplicity and directness as she refined it.
出自: G. Daly
到这时,我一切不平都没有了——发火,愤慨,嘲笑本身。什么都没了,只有厌恶。
他们将原油提炼成各种石油产品。
我们得进一步改进做广告的方法。
He refined upon the older methods.
他对陈旧的方法做了细致入微的改进。
The author is planning to refine on his works of five years ago.
作家打算把5年前的著作改得更完美些。
They refined on the methods of teaching.
他们使教学方法精益求精。
Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past.
现代医疗技术比过去的医疗技术要优越。
他们从矿石中提炼出黄金。
Much of the really nutritive material actually was refined out of the food.
大部分真正有营养价值的物质经精制加工实际上从食物中丧失了。