Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #1685
perfect
使完美；完善；改进
to make perfect; to improve or hone
- 1.
To make perfect; to improve or hone.
使完美；改进或磨练。
- 2.
To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
采取行动,通常是在正确的场所提交文件,以确保法律权利。
- 3.
make perfect or complete
使完美或完整
办理（手续）使具有法律效力；使完美；改进或磨练。；采取行动,通常是在正确的场所提交文件,以确保法律权利。；使完美或完整；使完美
In use
She perfects her piano skills every day.
He perfected the recipe after many attempts.
They are perfecting their dance routine for the competition.
perfect your French in Paris!
Verb forms
base perfect · third person perfects · -ing perfecting · past perfected · past participle perfected
Connections
Collocations
- perfect one's skills
- 磨练技能；使技能臻于完善
- She practices every day to perfect her skills.她每天练习，以使自己的技能臻于完善。
- perfect a technique
- 完善技术
- He spent years perfecting his technique.他花了很多年完善自己的技术。
- perfect the art of something
- 把某事做到尽善尽美；精通某事的艺术
- She has perfected the art of negotiation.她已把谈判艺术练得炉火纯青。
- perfect one's English
- 提高英语水平；完善英语
- She went to London to perfect her English.她去伦敦提高自己的英语水平。
- perfect a process
- 优化流程；完善流程
- The team worked to perfect the manufacturing process.团队致力于完善制造流程。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把“完美”当动词用：像工匠反复打磨作品，让它无可挑剔。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常讨论改进作品、技能或流程、办理法律或行政手续的文件语境 作为动词的 perfect 在一般书面和口语中都比较自然，属于中性偏正式；在“办理法律手续”这类含义中则多用于较正式的文书场景。使用时通常强调把某事做到完善。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后需接宾语，常用于被动结构 be perfected。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都重读最后一个音节，并以 /ɛkt/ 结尾，所以和动词 perfect /pɝˈfɛkt/ 押韵。affect、effect、infect 还共享拼写结尾 -fect；collect、reflect、inspect 只有相同的韵尾 -ect。注意：形容词 perfect（如 a perfect answer）发音为 /ˈpɝfɪkt/，虽然拼写相同，但不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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