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词汇 refinery
释义 refinery
noun[ C ]
uk /rɪˈfaɪ.nər.i/ us /rɪˈfaɪ.nɚ.i/
a factory where substances in their natural state, such as oil or sugar, are made pure: 精制厂;提炼厂;精炼厂
There were two huge oil refineries on the coast.海岸边曾有两个大型炼油厂。
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refinery | American Dictionary


refinery
noun[ C ]
us/rɪˈfɑɪ·nə·ri/
a factory where raw substances, such as sugar, oil, or metal, are made pure

refinery | Business English


refinery
noun[ C ]
uk /rɪˈfaɪnəri/uspluralrefineries
PRODUCTION
a factory where different products are made from a basic product, usually oil or sugar:
an oil/sugar refinery
Jobs may be lost at the refinery.

Examples of refinery


refinery
Men were also hired to build a sugar refinery and access road, then gaining work as refinery operatives and small cane farmers.
Furthermore, the refineries and the steel- and metal industry received important exemptions.
These effects probably reflect the importance of the refinery industry in these countries.
The 1794 package also taxed auction sales, sugar refineries, snuff mills, and retail licenses to sell imported liquor.
The refinery also was a bone of contention.
To apply this table, let us consider three hypothetical disasters: an airplane crash, a refinery explosion, and a product-tampering incident.
The sugar refinery draws water from the western main canal, the outfall of which is used for rice irrigation beyond the sugar scheme boundary.
In this sense, the archive system acts as a knowledge refinery.
Major sources of volatile organic compounds include car traffic, fuel distribution, and refineries.
Part of this is certainly a result of the large fixed cost investment needed for an efficient refinery.
An accident at a refinery in a particular nation would also constitute a specific risk.
Estimates show that three industries, that is, fertilisers, refinery, and drugs, have increasing returns to scale, while others have decreasing returns to scale.
More striking is the third largest industry in the state, one that was growing rapidly: oil refineries.
She was, for a short period of time, a floating refinery for the whaling fleet.
A harbor and an offshore oil refinery island were also incorporated into this study.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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