vt. 提煉;改善;使高雅;
?? fin =end,boundary,表示”結束,范圍”#詞根助記:re再次+fin=再次限定=精煉
"We shall have to refine on our methods of advertising."
我們得進一步改進做廣告的方法.
近義:illustrate, instruct, raise, rear, school, train
反義:infect, infest, plague, pollute, prostitute, taint
adj. 殘酷的,殘忍的;使人痛苦的,讓人受難的;無情的,嚴酷的;
?? 可辱爾(諧音): 殘酷到可以污辱你
"A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural."
母親對孩子殘忍是不近人情的.
近義:heartless, inclement, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inhumane
反義:merciful, pietistic, prayerful, religious, saintly, theological