1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 过于高雅的;过于高贵的;脱离现实生活的 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. 过于高雅的;过于高贵的;脱离现实生活的 [disapproval]
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...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
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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。
2 ADJ-GRADED (空气)稀薄的,含氧量少的 Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas. (空气)稀薄的,含氧量少的
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