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Sharpen English 8452.Sharpen 英 ʃɑːp(ə)N]美 ʃɑrpən 释义 Vt

正面 8452.sharpen
英 ['ʃɑːp(ə)n]美 ['ʃɑrpən]

背面
释义:
vt. 削尖;磨快;使敏捷;加重vi. 尖锐;变锋利
例句:
1. Ginny tried to sharpen up some rusty typing skills.金尼试图重拾生疏了的打字技术。

1、mis- "wrongly" + under + stand.2、字面含义:stand in the midst of.3、站在其中,沐浴在知识的海洋里,所谓内行、内行,身在其中,才解其味也;因此,只有身在其中,才能理解、明白。4、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另见:undertake.
sharpen 使锋利sharp,锋利的,-en,使。
sharpen (v.)1520s, "bring to an edge or point," from sharp (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Sharpened; sharpening. Old English verb scearpian meant "to score, scarify;" also compare scearpung "scarifying." To sharpen (one's) pencil "prepare to get to work" is from 1957, American English."

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