rarefied是什么意思？

rarefied

英[ˈreərɪfaɪd] 美[ˈrerəfaɪd]

• adj. 纯净的，稀薄的；
• v. 使稀薄( rarefy的过去式和过去分词 )，（思想等）精炼，使纯化，使变得精妙深奥；

例句

• rarefied hypersonic aerodynamics 高超音速稀薄空气动力学
• rarefied-gas aerodynamics 稀薄气体空气动力学
• Getting a book published isn't the rarefied literary feat it once was. 出版一本书已经不像从前那样是什么了不起的大事了.
• the rarefied atmosphere of academic life 阳春白雪的学术生活氛围
• ...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied. 居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区
• Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air. 动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。
• It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital. 对国家日后的统治者来说，摆脱首都过于清高的氛围是很重要的。
• ...the fear and loneliness that working class students can feel when they are plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of university... 工人阶级出身的学生面对大学静雅高深的氛围时产生的恐惧和孤独

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  过于高雅的;过于高贵的;脱离现实生活的
  If you talk about the rarefied atmosphere of a place or institution, you are expressing your disapproval of it, because it has a special social or academic status that makes it very different from ordinary life.
  例句
  ...the fear and loneliness that working class students can feel when they are plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of university... 工人阶级出身的学生面对大学静雅高深的氛围时产生的恐惧和孤独 It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital. 对国家日后的统治者来说，摆脱首都过于清高的氛围是很重要的。
• ADJ-GRADED
  （空气）稀薄的，含氧量少的
  Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas.
  例句
  Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air. 动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。 ...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied. 居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. having low density;
  "rare gasses""lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
  2. reserved for an elite group
  3. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style;
  "an exalted ideal""argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks"a noble and lofty concept"