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sharpen

[ˈʃɑ:pən] [ˈʃɑrpən]
  • 第三人称单数:sharpens;
  • 过去式:sharpened;
  • 过去分词:sharpened;
  • 现在分词:sharpening;
  • 例句
    同义词
    英语六级真题
      State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates.
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    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • V-ERG
      (感觉、理解)加强;(使)加深;(技巧)提高;(使)改善
      If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something.
      例句
      Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual... 她眼睛一亮,仿佛看见了什么不寻常的事情。 You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal. 排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
    • VERB
      使变得锋利;削尖;磨快
      If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed.
      例句
      He started to sharpen his knife. 他开始磨刀。 ...sharpened pencils. 削尖的铅笔
    • V-ERG
      (分歧、差异等)加剧;(使)加深;(使)加重
      If disagreements or differences between people sharpen, or if they are sharpened, they become bigger or more important.
      例句
      With urbanisation the antagonism between rich and poor sharpened... 伴随着城市化的推进,贫富间的对立情绪也加剧了。 The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment. 哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。
    英汉词典释义
    • vt. & vi.
      (使)变得锋利;削尖, 磨快
      Knives can be sharpened by grinding them against a rough stone. 刀能在一块粗石上磨快。
      (使)变得更好(或技术更高、更有效等);提高某人(或事物)的水平(或技术、效率等)
      She needs to sharpen up before next month’s competition. 下个月比赛之前,她的水平需要提高一下。 This exercise will help students sharpen up their reading skills. 这个练习将帮助学生提高阅读能力。 Discipline has sharpened them up. 纪律使他们更有效率了。
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. make sharp or sharper;
      "sharpen the knives"
      2. make sharp or sharper;
      "We had to sharpen our arguments"
      3. become sharp or sharper;
      "The debate sharpened"
      4. put (an image) into focus;
      "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
      5. make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
      6. raise the pitch of (musical notes)
      7. give a point to;
      "The candles are tapered"
      8. make (one's senses) more acute;
      "This drug will sharpen your vision"