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

• 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。
• 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。
• Ah, to breathe deeply of that pure, rarefied mountain air.
  哦，深深的吸一口纯净的山谷空气。
• 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。
• 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
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• The rarefied air of the andes.
  安第斯山脉的稀薄空气。