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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。