形容词纯净的,稀薄的
动词使稀薄( 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
1. 纯净的:rarefaction 稀疏 | rarefied 纯净的 | rarefy 稀薄
2. 稀薄的;含氧少的;高尚的,纯洁的:Rank等级;恶臭的 | Rarefied稀薄的;含氧少的;高尚的,纯洁的 | Ratio比,比率
3. 高雅的:vanished 消失了的 | rarefied 高雅的 | qualified 有资格的
1. 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.
e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。
2. (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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.
居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区