subtilize

vt.vi. (使)趋于精细, (使)敏锐, (使)微妙化, 详尽地讨论, 精细地分析

词形变化

subtilized subtilizes 三单 subtilizes subtilizing subtilizing 现在分词 subtilized 过去式 subtilized 过去分词

别名

subtilise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To refine; to spin into niceties.

    及物

    to subtilize arguments

  3. 3.

    To use subtle arguments or distinctions.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

rarefy sublimate subtilise

上位词 6

change alter sharpen modify discriminate heighten

词源

From French subtiliser; equivalent to subtle + -ize.

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