refinement 音標拼音: [rəf'ɑɪnmənt]
n . 精致,高尚,精巧
精致,高尚,精巧
refinement 精化 細化
refinement n 1 :
a highly developed state of perfection ;
having a flawless or impeccable quality ; "
they performed with great polish ";
"
I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose "; "
almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art "--
Joseph Conrad [
synonym : {
polish }, {
refinement },
{
culture }, {
cultivation }, {
finish }]
2 :
the result of improving something ; "
he described a refinement of this technique " [
synonym : {
refinement }, {
elaboration }]
3 :
the process of removing impurities (
as from oil or metals or sugar etc .) [
synonym : {
refining }, {
refinement }, {
purification }]
4 :
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude ;
"
without understanding the finer nuances you can '
t enjoy the humor "; "
don '
t argue about shades of meaning " [
synonym : {
nuance },
{
nicety }, {
shade }, {
subtlety }, {
refinement }]
5 :
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste ;
"
a man of intellectual refinement "; "
he is remembered for his generosity and civilization " [
synonym : {
refinement },
{
civilization }, {
civilisation }]
Refinement \
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n . [
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1 .
The act of refining ,
or the state of being refined ;
as ,
the refinement or metals ;
refinement of ideas .
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1913 Webster ]
The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement ,
the more diffusive are they . --
Norris .
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1913 Webster ]
From the civil war to this time ,
I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements . --
Swift .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which is refined ,
elaborated ,
or polished to excess ;
an affected subtilty ;
as ,
refinements of logic . "
The refinements of irregular cunning ." --
Rogers .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Purification ;
polish ;
politeness ;
gentility ;
elegance ;
cultivation ;
civilization .
[
1913 Webster ]
270 Moby Thesaurus words for "
refinement ":
Atticism ,
ablation ,
abrasion ,
absoluteness ,
abstraction ,
acculturation ,
accuracy ,
acquired taste ,
appreciation ,
appreciation of differences ,
appreciation of excellence ,
appreciativeness ,
appropriateness ,
artistic judgment ,
attention to detail ,
attention to fact ,
beautification ,
bettering ,
betterment ,
bolting ,
breeding ,
care for truth ,
chasteness ,
chastity ,
choiceness ,
circumstantiality ,
civility ,
civilization ,
civilized taste ,
civilizedness ,
clarification ,
clarifying ,
clarity ,
classicalism ,
classicism ,
cleaning ,
cleansing ,
clearness ,
colature ,
comeliness ,
concentrate ,
concentration ,
connoisseurship ,
conscientiousness ,
correctness ,
courtesy ,
courtliness ,
critical niceness ,
criticality ,
criticalness ,
cultivated taste ,
cultivation ,
culture ,
daintiness ,
decoction ,
deduction ,
delicacy ,
delicate distinction ,
delicateness ,
destructive distillation ,
detail ,
development ,
differentia ,
differential ,
dignity ,
diplomacy ,
directness ,
discernment ,
discriminating taste ,
discriminatingness ,
discrimination ,
discriminativeness ,
disentanglement ,
disinvolvement ,
distillate ,
distillation ,
distinction ,
down ,
downiness ,
ease ,
education ,
edulcoration ,
elaboration ,
elegance ,
elegancy ,
elixir ,
elution ,
elutriation ,
embellishment ,
enculturation ,
enhancement ,
enlightenment ,
erosion ,
essence ,
essentialization ,
evolution ,
exactingness ,
exactitude ,
exactness ,
excellence ,
exquisiteness ,
extract ,
extraction ,
faithfulness ,
fastidiousness ,
faultlessness ,
feel ,
feeling ,
felicitousness ,
felicity ,
fidelity ,
filminess ,
filtering ,
filtration ,
fine palate ,
fine point ,
fine -
grainedness ,
fineness ,
finesse ,
finicality ,
finicalness ,
finickiness ,
finickingness ,
finish ,
fittingness ,
flawlessness ,
flow ,
flowing periods ,
fluency ,
fluff ,
fluffiness ,
fussiness ,
fuzz ,
fuzziness ,
genteelness ,
gentility ,
gentlemanlikeness ,
gentlemanliness ,
gentleness ,
good breeding ,
good taste ,
gossameriness ,
grace ,
gracefulness ,
gracility ,
graciosity ,
graciousness ,
hairline ,
improvement ,
infusion ,
judiciousness ,
ladylikeness ,
leaching ,
limpidity ,
literalism ,
literality ,
literalness ,
lixiviation ,
lucidity ,
making distinctions ,
margin ,
mathematical precision ,
maturation ,
meticulousness ,
minuteness ,
minutia ,
narrow margin ,
narrowing ,
naturalness ,
neatness ,
nice distinction ,
niceness ,
niceness of distinction ,
nicety ,
nuance ,
palate ,
particle of difference ,
particularity ,
particularness ,
peach fuzz ,
pellucidity ,
percolation ,
perfection ,
perspicuity ,
plainness ,
point of difference ,
polish ,
politeness ,
politesse ,
preciseness ,
precisianism ,
precision ,
propriety ,
pubescence ,
punctiliousness ,
punctuality ,
purification ,
purifying ,
purity ,
quality ,
quintessence ,
refined discrimination ,
refined palate ,
refining ,
removal ,
restraint ,
riddling ,
right ,
rightness ,
rigidity ,
rigidness ,
rigor ,
rigorousness ,
ripening ,
satin ,
satininess ,
screening ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
seasoning ,
seemliness ,
selectiveness ,
sense ,
sensibility ,
sensitivity ,
separation ,
severity ,
shade of difference ,
sieving ,
sifting ,
silk ,
silkiness ,
simplicity ,
simplification ,
smoothness ,
socialization ,
softness ,
sophistication ,
spirit ,
spiritualization ,
straightforwardness ,
straining ,
streamlining ,
strictness ,
stripping ,
stripping down ,
suaveness ,
suavity ,
subduction ,
sublation ,
sublimation ,
subtle distinction ,
subtlety ,
subtraction ,
tact ,
tactfulness ,
taste ,
tastefulness ,
terseness ,
textualism ,
the letter ,
unaffectedness ,
uncluttering ,
unscrambling ,
unsnarling ,
urbanity ,
velvet ,
velvetiness ,
wide margin ,
winnowing
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