rarefied
adj. 純淨的,稀薄的
v. 使稀薄( rarefy的過去式和過去分詞 ); (思想等)精煉; 使純化; 使變得精妙深奧
If you talk about the rarefied atmosphere 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.
...the fear and loneliness that working class students can feel when they are plunged into the rarefied atmosphere of university...
工人階級出身的學生面對大學靜雅高深的氛圍時產生的恐懼和孤獨
It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital.
對國家日後的統治者來說,擺脫首都過於清高的氛圍是很重要的。
Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas.
Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air.
動物和人在稀薄的空氣中都大口喘著氣。
...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.
居住在空氣稀薄的高海拔地區
1. having low density;
2. reserved for an elite group
3. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style;
The false society of men, for earthly greatness . All heavenly comforts rarefied to air.
這糟糕的人群,為了地上的享樂, 天堂的憧憬稀薄有如空氣.
He moves in very rarefied circles ; his friends are all lords.
他活動於上流階層, 結交的盡是貴族.
However, for transition flows, general kinetic models are required to include the rarefied phenomena.
但是, 對於過渡區域的流動, 要求採用通用的動力學模型以考慮稀薄效應.
Getting a book published isn't the rarefied literary feat it once was.
出版一本書已經不像從前那樣是什麼了不起的大事了.
Membership of the rarefied group also extends across the political divide and into US public life.
用左手寫字的名人小團體不僅僅只是在政治領域裡還出現在美國大眾的生活中.