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

• A rarefied flow of gas and charged particles ( plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind.
  从太阳和太阳风中喷出的稀薄气流和带电粒子（等离子体）。
• The flight of space vehicles, probes and shuttles set new demand on gas dynamics, including rarefied gas dynamics.
  飞船、宇航探测器、航天飞机等复杂外形航天器给气体动力学，包括稀薄气体动力学提出了新的要求。
• 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 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。
• In the rarefied air of structured finance, coming up with a rating is fraught with challenges.
  在结构融资的艰难世界中，提出一个评级非常具有挑战性。
• Watch out Mary Poppins, the hurricane howling through the world's financial markets is starting to be felt in the rarefied world of the British nanny.
  小心了，玛丽•波宾斯阿姨！全球的金融飓风已开始殃及英国的保姆市场！
• 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。
• 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。
• I came in as dean, which is a rarefied atmosphere, he says.
  我作为院长来到这里，这种情况很少见，他表示。
• 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。