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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A variety of flow phenomena, such as rarefied gas flow, reverse jet flow and gas solid two phase flow etc.
  固体战术导弹在高空实现头体两级分离过程中，流场内存在稀薄气体流动、反向喷流及气固两相流动等多种流动现象。
• 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
• 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。
• Rarefied experts in building inspection or engine repair might be able to visit locations without losing time to air travel.
  建筑物检验或引擎修复的顶尖专家，也许不必浪费时间搭飞机，就能造访许多不同的地点。
• 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。
• Rare gasses; lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
  稀薄的气体；在稀薄的高山空气中人头昏眼花。
• 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。