rarefied

英 [ˈreərɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈrerɪfaɪd]

adj.  高深精妙的; 曲高和寡的; 稀薄的; 含氧量低的

过去式：rarefied　

BNC.21373 / COCA.21700

牛津词典

adj.

• 高深精妙的；曲高和寡的
  understood or experienced by only a very small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge or activity
  1. the rarefied atmosphere of academic life
     阳春白雪的学术生活氛围
• 稀薄的；含氧量低的
  containing less oxygen than usual

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过于高雅的;过于高贵的;脱离现实生活的
  If you talk about therarefiedatmosphere 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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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
  Rarefiedair is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas.
  1. 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。
  2. ...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.
     居住在空气稀薄的高海拔地区

双语例句

• The rarefied air of the andes.
  安第斯山脉的稀薄空气。
• But now we see that the subsequent complexity, rarefied skills and tools, and additional constraints ended up stamping out a lot of SOA consumption at the edge
  但现在我们可以看到随之而来的复杂性，欠缺的技术与工具，以及额外的约束，最终将许多对SOA的消化扑灭在了边缘
• In his novel The Savage Detectives, two avid young Latino poets never lose faith in their rarefied art no matter the vicissitudes of life, age and politics.
  在他的小说《荒野侦探》（TheSavageDetectives）中，两个热心的拉丁美洲年轻诗人一直都未失去对纯净艺术的信念，不管年龄增长，生活与政治发生变迁。
• According to the calculated results, discussions and analyses are then presented to reveal the effects of rarefied region and rarefied effect on the working performances of the magnetic head.
  根据计算结果对其所处的稀薄区域和稀薄效应对磁头飞行性能的影响进行了分析和讨论。
• He moves in very rarefied circles; his friends are all lords.
  他活动于上流阶层，结交的尽是贵族。
• According to1st order slip velocity boundary, Reynolds equation for micro gas journal bearings was given with consideration of effective viscosity under rarefied gas condition.
  基于1阶滑移速度边界，考虑到稀薄条件下气体的有效黏度，给出了气体径向微轴承润滑雷诺方程。
• To this rarefied elite, 60 is the "new 40" and 80 no reason to keep quiet.
  对于这些高深的精英而言，60岁只是“第二个40岁”，即使是80岁也没理由隐退。
• He became the dean of the rarefied market for Chinese art in New York and was an accomplished artist in his own right.
  纽约的中国艺术市场当时规模较小，而他成为了这个市场的领军者，而他本人也是一位颇有建树的艺术家。
• A dilute or weakened condition. rare gasses; lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
  稀释稀释或变弱的状态稀薄的气体；在稀薄的高山空气中人头昏眼花。
• Midway up the slope, however, I staggered to a halt, gasping in the rarefied air, well before I reached the heights where the equations of Einstein and Dirac would have made sense.
  登到山坡的一半时，我摇摇晃晃的停下来，呼吸稀薄的空气，这时，距离我能够理解爱因斯坦或狄拉克的方程式的高度还相差很远。