"refinery" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 炼油厂
• 精炼厂

Definition

炼油厂是指大型工业设施，用于将原材料（如石油或糖）加工并提纯，供商业使用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“炼油厂”多指石油加工厂，也可以指食糖等其他原料的精炼工厂。多用在工业、经济或新闻报道上下文中。很少用于日常对话中。

Examples

The city has an oil refinery near the coast.

这座城市在海边有一家石油**炼油厂**。

Workers at the refinery must wear special safety gear.

**炼油厂**的工人必须穿戴专用的安全装备。

Sugar goes to a refinery before it is sold in stores.

糖在商店销售前会被送到**精炼厂**。

After the spill, the refinery tightened its environmental rules.

泄漏事故后，**炼油厂**加强了环保规定。

There was talk of closing the old refinery, but it’s still running.

人们曾讨论关闭那家老**炼油厂**，但它仍在运行。

His father spent thirty years working at the refinery.

他父亲在**炼油厂**工作了三十年。