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acute adj.严重的；敏锐的；急性的；剧烈的 (1) 他患有严重的抑郁症。(2) 这个地方缺水严重。(3) 她有很敏锐的听力。(4) 医生说您患的是急性阑尾炎。(5) 病人说耳部剧痛。 The word acute is one word; it's not two words, nor does it have anything to do with something small, cuddly, and pretty! Acute really means "sharp" or "severe" or "intense" and modifies certain kinds of angles in geometry or describes a certain kind of illness of short duration. The English word apparently entered the language during the sixteenth century from the Latin root acutus, which means "sharp" or "pointed."

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英 [ə'kjuːt] 美 [ə'kjuːt] (1) He suffers from acute depression.(2) This area has an acute shortage of water.(3) She has acute hearing.(4) The doctor said that you had acute appendicitis.(5) The patient is complaining of acute earache. Use the adjective acute for when you want to describe something as sharp or extremely serious. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（情况）严重的；（感觉）强烈的 You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government...报告将政府置于窘境。The labour shortage is becoming acute.劳动力匮乏愈演愈烈。2[ADJ 形容词]急性的 An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.   [ADJ n]  [MEDICAL 医]...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.患急性风湿性关节炎的病人...an acute case of dysentery.急性痢疾病例3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（感官）灵敏的 If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful. In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]敏锐的；有洞察力的 If you say that someone is acute or has an acute mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly. Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful...虽已年届九旬，她依然头脑敏锐，个性很强。His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind.他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。acutenessEverything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence.从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]锐角的 An acute angle is less than 90°. 6[ADJ 形容词]（标在元音等上面的符号）尖音的，重音的 An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.   [ADJ n]

英语单词	acute
英美音标	英 [ə'kjuːt] 美 [ə'kjuːt]
中文释义	adj.严重的；敏锐的；急性的；剧烈的
英语例句	(1) He suffers from acute depression. (2) This area has an acute shortage of water. (3) She has acute hearing. (4) The doctor said that you had acute appendicitis. (5) The patient is complaining of acute earache.
中文例句	(1) 他患有严重的抑郁症。 (2) 这个地方缺水严重。 (3) 她有很敏锐的听力。 (4) 医生说您患的是急性阑尾炎。 (5) 病人说耳部剧痛。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective acute for when you want to describe something as sharp or extremely serious.
vocabulary扩展	The word acute is one word; it's not two words, nor does it have anything to do with something small, cuddly, and pretty! Acute really means "sharp" or "severe" or "intense" and modifies certain kinds of angles in geometry or describes a certain kind of illness of short duration. The English word apparently entered the language during the sixteenth century from the Latin root acutus, which means "sharp" or "pointed."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（情况）严重的；（感觉）强烈的 You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis... 战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。 The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government... 报告将政府置于窘境。 The labour shortage is becoming acute. 劳动力匮乏愈演愈烈。 2 [ADJ 形容词]急性的 An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long. [ADJ n] [MEDICAL 医] ...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis. 患急性风湿性关节炎的病人 ...an acute case of dysentery. 急性痢疾病例 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（感官）灵敏的 If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful. In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute. 黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]敏锐的；有洞察力的 If you say that someone is acute or has an acute mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly. Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful... 虽已年届九旬，她依然头脑敏锐，个性很强。 His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind. 他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。 acuteness Everything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence. 从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]锐角的 An acute angle is less than 90°. 6 [ADJ 形容词]（标在元音等上面的符号）尖音的，重音的 An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'. [ADJ n]

Acute Word Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Accent Letter Shortage Patient