sharpen
美 [??ɑrp?n] 
英 [??ɑ?(r)p?n]
- v.（使）變得鋒利；（使感覺或感情）加強；使尖銳；使明朗
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)銳化；削尖；磨快
詞形變化
第三人稱單數(shù)：sharpens 現(xiàn)在分詞：sharpening 過去式：sharpened 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) （使）變得鋒利，變得清晰to make sth sharper; to become sharper |
| This knife needs sharpening. 這把刀需要磨了。 |
| The outline of the trees sharpened as it grew lighter. 隨著天色轉(zhuǎn)亮，樹的輪廓變得清晰了。 |
2. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使感覺或感情）加強，加重，變得更明顯if a sense or feelingsharpens or sthsharpens it, it becomes stronger and/or clearer |
| The sea air sharpened our appetites. 海上的空氣增進(jìn)了我們的食欲。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 使尖銳；使明朗to make a disagreement between people, or an issue on which people disagree, clearer and more likely to produce a result |
| There is a need to sharpen the focus of the discussion. 有必要使討論的焦點更加集中。 |
4. | [i][t] （使）提高，改善to become or make sth better, more skilful, more effective, etc. than before |
| He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic trials. 在奧運會選拔賽之前，他需要進(jìn)一步磨礪自己。 |
| She's doing a course to sharpen her business skills. 她正進(jìn)修，以提高自己的業(yè)務(wù)技能。 |
5. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使聲音）變得尖銳，變得刺耳if your voicesharpens or sthsharpens it, it becomes high and loud in an unpleasant way |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Jon felt silly and laughed "I have spent all of my time trying to cut trees with a dull axe. All I needed to do was sharpen it! "
強覺得自己很傻，大笑，“原來我一直在拿一把鈍掉的斧頭砍樹木，卻忘了需要磨利它！”
When we try to do too much, it is as if we are trying to sharpen too many knifes in our limited time.
當(dāng)我們要去做太多時，就好像我們要在有限的時間把太多的刀磨快。
"You are a fine fellow, " said the man. " Will you let me sharpen my ax on it? "
“真是個好小伙子”，那人說，“你能讓我磨磨斧子嗎？”
Some of the computer programs at the center are the same ones sold to consumers trying to sharpen their memory or thinking.
中心里用的電腦程序，有些在市面上都有賣的，訓(xùn)練顧客的記憶或思維的敏銳度。
The disciple looked at his teacher and said: "I see that I have to sharpen my concentration in order to be able to use this power. "
弟子看著師傅說：“我明白了，要想使用這個力量，我必須集中自己的全部精力”
Most people just ruin scissors trying to sharpen 'em, but I know how. I got a special tool.
大部分人只知道拼命磨它，結(jié)果卻糟蹋了它，可我知道怎么能把剪子磨快又不糟蹋它。
No one knows from which day and which year on he began to sharpen the knife. In the beginning, no one even knew why he did it.
沒人記得他是從哪一年的哪一天開始磨的刀，開始也沒有人知道他為什么要磨刀。
That the revered Nelson Mandela's rainbow nation is now turning to a man of Mr Zuma's stamp may sharpen prejudices about Africa.
崇敬的納爾遜曼德拉的彩虹之國現(xiàn)在變成祖瑪一人的印章，可能會提高對非洲的偏見。
To sharpen its edge and increase its penetration of the footwear market, the Group has continued to seek product diversification.
集團(tuán)不斷鞏固生產(chǎn)優(yōu)勢，并且擴(kuò)大在優(yōu)閑鞋市場的版圖，一直致力尋求產(chǎn)品多元化。
Take advantage of every training opportunity to develop your shape and sharpen your serving skills.
把握每個訓(xùn)練的機會，發(fā)展你的特色、磨練你的事奉技能。
Her advisers struggled for years before she became chancellor to get her to sharpen her pageboy haircut and frumpy clothes.
在她成為總理之前，她的顧問努力多年才說服她改變自己的娃娃頭發(fā)型和俗氣過時的衣著。
It was The Communist Manifesto which predicted that capitalism would become global, and that its inequalities would severely sharpen.
是《共产党宣言》預(yù)言了資本主義將會全球化，而不平等會嚴(yán)重的尖銳化。
If you're making any of these four mistakes, it might be time to sharpen your resume or your approach .
下面這四個錯誤不管你犯了哪些，都應(yīng)該再打磨你的簡歷改變你的方法了。
Believe it or not, a touch of nervousness can sharpen your mind, allowing you to perform more quickly.
不管你是否相信，輕微的緊張會使你的思維變得敏銳，反應(yīng)更迅速。
Many students all want to sharpen the written ability, but usually the exercises too do not have the time to be able to practice writing.
許多學(xué)生都想提高書寫能力，但是平時練習(xí)題太多沒有時間能練習(xí)書寫。
On this occasion, those who gear up to sharpen their English skills will seize the opportunity of promotion.
當(dāng)此之時，那些加緊提升英語能力的人將抓住晉升的機會。
They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.
他們也幫助他培養(yǎng)其敏銳的聽覺，這是視力有殘疾的人非常依賴的感官。
Easy to sharpen and easy to clean. Your knives are a blessing.
磨刀容易，清理簡單，你們的刀真乃廚師之福。
2012 is right around the corner. Sharpen your mental toughness tools and finish off the year strong!
2012正躍躍欲試。擦亮你堅忍不拔的意志力武器，讓這一年強勁地結(jié)束！
Groysberg's study prompted me to think of other, marginalised groups whose outsider status prompted them to sharpen certain skills.
葛羅伊斯堡的研究讓我想起了其他受到社會排斥的群體，它們的局外人地位促使它們努力增強某些技能。
Debates sharpen one's wits.
辯論增長才智。
The Suns are a poor defensive team, but we are just GIVING them steals. We need to sharpen up the ball control.
太陽是一個防守很爛的球隊，但是我們卻給他們這么多的搶斷，我們需要提高控球能力。
In recent years, the theories of pragmatics now sharpen our eyes and widen our horizon in humor studies.
近年來語用學(xué)的逐漸成熟，為我們今天對幽默展開深入研究提供了更寬的視野和更新的角度。
If you are an intermediate photographer, it will help you to sharpen your skills and move you to the next level.
如果你是個中級水準(zhǔn)的攝影師，本書能幫助你磨練技巧，提升自己。
The internal opposition has not gone so far but may be pushed in that direction if the situation continues to sharpen.
敘利亞國內(nèi)的反對派還是有所克制，但是如果局勢繼續(xù)惡化的話，他們也會被迫這么做。
Give up the abandoned, to give up not grasp, and can sharpen persistence, perseverance and purification of the mind, enhance the spirit.
放棄該放棄的，放棄不可把握的，可以磨礪毅力，堅韌意志，凈化心靈，提升精神。
One bright winter morning, a stranger walked down a small town street looking for a grindstone to sharpen an ax that he carried in his hand.
冬天，一個晴朗的早晨，小鎮(zhèn)的街上走著一位陌生人，他手里拿著一把斧子，東張西望，想找塊磨石磨磨斧子。
Hilton Shanghai places heavy emphasis on a continuous upgrade in an effort to sharpen the hotel's competitive edge.
為了保持酒店的競爭力，上海希爾頓酒店配備了高速寬帶上網(wǎng)和無線上網(wǎng)等先進(jìn)的設(shè)施。
The moves continued to sharpen the country's clash over whether Mr. Mubarak would resign.
這些舉動使圍繞穆巴拉克總統(tǒng)是否辭職產(chǎn)生的沖突進(jìn)一步尖銳。
For Mr Obama, the lesson is simple enough: sharpen up, and prepare for a tough two years.
對于奧巴馬來說，這一課非常簡單：打起精神，為接下來艱難的兩年做好準(zhǔn)備。
To be imaginative and to think laterally, sharpen your skills, then you will gradually stand out from your peer colleagues.
富有創(chuàng)造力，善于橫向思考，銳化你的能力，你就很快能在同輩同事中嶄露頭角。
The pencil sharpener is a tool which can sharpen a pencil along the axial direction of the pencil.
$本鉛筆專用刨刀是一種沿鉛筆軸向削筆的工具。
The mind has to be still, and you have to maintain just the right amount of pressure constantly as you sharpen the blade.
心必須靜止。磨刃時你還必須維持那股恰到好處的壓力。
If you want women to continue to be attracted to you, you need to keep being unpredictable, etc. Always sharpen the saw!
如果你想婦女繼續(xù)被吸引到你，你需要保持，變幻莫測等始終提高鋸！
In an interview Thursday, Mr. Apotheker said 'we need to sharpen our focus, ' and that to do so 'you need to take significant action. '
李艾科周四在接受采訪時說，我們需要著重于我們的關(guān)注點，為實現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)，需要采取重大行動。
And an image editor consumes and emits pixels, applying rules to each pixel or groups of pixels to, say, sharpen or stylize an image.
而圖像編輯器將消耗并生成像素，對每個像素或每組像素應(yīng)用規(guī)則從而銳化圖像或形成某種風(fēng)格。
The aim is to remind you of these simple but important issues in dating and also improve or sharpen your dating skills.
旨在提醒你這些約會時簡單但是重要的事，順便能夠提高你的約會的技巧。
Re-sharpen face by same angle which would be kept by single disposable chopstick. Back side should be re-sharpened by more acute angle.
再由一支一次性筷子固定住以同樣的角度磨表面。磨背面時應(yīng)保持更加銳角的角度。
Imagine being in a room with co-workers who are actively trading, while you sharpen pencils and run out for sandwiches.
想象一下，在一間辦公室里，同事們都在不停地交易，而你卻在削鉛筆，然后跑出去買三明治。
In contrast, we could sharpen up the details in a slightly blurred photo by emphasizing its high-frequency components.
反過來，我們也可以通過加強其高頻分量的辦法，來突出一張有些模糊的照片的細(xì)節(jié)。
Isn't there any way you could sharpen your pencil and get the figure down a bit more?
你難道沒有辦法再精打細(xì)算，多降價一點？
