| 单词 | sharpen |
| 释义 | sharpen (ʃɑːʳpən ) Word forms: sharpens , sharpening , sharpened 1. verb If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something. Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual. [VERB] You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal. [VERB noun] Synonyms: improve, enhance, better, upgrade 2. verb If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed. He started to sharpen his knife. [VERB noun] ...sharpened pencils. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: make sharp, hone, whet, grind 3. verb If disagreements or differences between people sharpen, or if they are sharpened, they become bigger or more important. With urbanisation the antagonism between rich and poor sharpened. [VERB] This case has sharpened the debate over capital punishment. [VERB noun] Synonyms: fuel, fire, stir, arouse Phrasal verbs: sharpen up ergative phrasal verb If you sharpen something up, or if it sharpens up, it becomes smarter or better than it was. [informal] The fashion designers have sharpened up their act in the last few years. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If he really wants to sell his product, he'll have to get his marketing boys to sharpen up. [VERB PARTICLE] Collocations: sharpen a skill Between the spring of 1954 and the summer of 1955, she completed seven training exercises to sharpen her skill as an amphibious warfare ship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You may at first be reluctant to commit to weekend working, but it leads to a meeting with someone who will sharpen your skills. The Sun It sharpens the skills and rivals falsely gain the impression that they are getting better. Times, Sunday Times They are challenging but that's what you need to sharpen your skills. The Sun You'll discover a talent for helping others to sharpen their skills, which offers new job options. The Sun So yes, it sharpens your tools, but nothing can make you think of something funny unless you can think of something funny. Times, Sunday Times Even if both clubs lose, the trophy engravers might as well begin sharpening their tools given how few fixtures are left. Times, Sunday Times Competitors are sharpening their tools. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 使敏锐, 弄尖 Japanese: 鋭くする/鋭くなる, 削る |
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