[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.
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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。
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[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.
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He started to sharpen his knife.
他开始磨刀。
...sharpened pencils.
削尖的铅笔
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[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.
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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。
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sharpen up
Oxford
sharp·en/ˈʃɑːpən; NAmEˈʃɑːrpən/verb1[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sharpensharpenssharpenedsharpeningsharp·en/ˈʃɑːpən; NAmEˈʃɑːrpən/
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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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