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

• Study and Implementation of Interactive Parallelization System for Rarefied Gas Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method
  稀薄气体直接仿真蒙特卡洛方法交互式并行化系统研究与实现
• 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。
• 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
• The other is that the rarefied nature of astrochemistry changes the way processes work.
  二是天体化学其稀薄的属性会改变化学反应的过程。
• Both descriptions reflect a few of the ways parenting ( at least in this rarefied socioeconomic milieu) has evolved since the 1980s into a competitive and consumerist sport.
  她们的描述都反映出，自20世纪80年代以来，养育子女的某些方式（至少在这个特定的社会经济环境中）已演变成竞争性的消费主义活动。
• Theirs is a rarefied world, headquartered in the Italian alps, but open to guests.
  他们的世界很纯净，总部在意大利的阿尔卑斯山，但是对宾客开放。
• Yet outside the rarefied world of thinkers, remarkably few deny the possibility of a supreme being; less than 10% of Americans.
  但是除了少数的思想家圈子之外，很少人拒绝上帝存在的可能性，在美国人里只有不到10%。
• 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。
• 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。
• Until one day, you're up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you've forgotten what shit even looks like.
  直到有一天，你攀上高峰，你会忘记什么是鸟事。