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sharpen

[ˈʃɑ:pən]sharpened, sharpening, sharpens

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sharpened[857] sharpening[558] sharpens[208]
磨快(48%),加剧(30%),变尖锐(11%),使尖锐(11%)
vt.削尖;磨快;使敏捷;加重
vi.尖锐;变锋利
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/ʃɑ͟ː(r)pən/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • He started to sharpen his knife.

    他开始磨刀。

  • ...sharpened pencils.

    削尖的铅笔

3
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • 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。

相关词组:
sharpen up

Oxford
sharp·en / ˈʃɑːpən ; NAmE ˈʃɑːrpən / verb 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] sharpen(sth) to make sth sharper; to become sharper (使)变得锋利,变得清晰 This knife needs sharpening. 这把刀需要磨了。 The outline of the trees sharpened as it grew lighter. 随着天色转亮,树的轮廓变得清晰了。 2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] sharpen(sth) if a sense or feeling sharpensor sth sharpensit, it becomes stronger and/or clearer (使感觉或感情)加强,加重,变得更明显 The sea air sharpened our appetites. 海上的空气增进了我们的食欲。 3 [transitive ] sharpensth to make a disagreement between people, or an issue on which people disagree, clearer and more likely to produce a result 使尖锐;使明朗 There is a need to sharpen the focus of the discussion. 有必要使讨论的焦点更加集中。 4 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to become or make sth better, more skilful, more effective, etc. than before (使)提高,改善 SYN
improve
sharpen(up) He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic trials. 在奥运会选拔赛之前,他需要进一步磨砺自己。 sharpensth (up) She's doing a course to sharpen her business skills. 她正进修,以提高自己的业务技巧。
5 [intransitive ,  transitive ] sharpen(sth) if your voice sharpensor sth sharpensit, it becomes high and loud in an unpleasant way (使声音)变得尖锐,变得刺耳 sharpen sharpens sharpened sharpening
sharp·en / ˈʃɑːpən ; NAmE ˈʃɑːrpən /
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sharpensharp‧en /ˈʃɑːpən $ ˈʃɑːr-/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to make something have a sharper edge or point, or to become sharper:  Anne sharpened her pencil and got out her homework.2[transitive] to make a feeling stronger and more urgent:  A series of attacks have sharpened fears of more violence.3[transitive] (also sharpen something ↔ up) to improve something so that it is up to the necessary standard, quality etc:  The course will help students sharpen their writing skills.

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