sharpen
美 [ˈʃɑrpən] 
英 [ˈʃɑː(r)pən]
- v.（使）变得锋利；（使感觉或感情）加强；使尖锐；使明朗
- 网络锐化；削尖；磨快
词形变化
第三人称单数：sharpens 现在分词：sharpening 过去式：sharpened 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) （使）变得锋利，变得清晰to make sth sharper; to become sharper |
| 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. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使感觉或感情）加强，加重，变得更明显if a sense or feelingsharpens or sthsharpens it, it becomes stronger and/or clearer |
| The sea air sharpened our appetites. 海上的空气增进了我们的食欲。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 使尖锐；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. 有必要使讨论的焦点更加集中。 |
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. 在奥运会选拔赛之前，他需要进一步磨砺自己。 |
| She's doing a course to sharpen her business skills. 她正进修，以提高自己的业务技能。 |
5. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使声音）变得尖锐，变得刺耳if your voicesharpens or sthsharpens it, it becomes high and loud in an unpleasant way |
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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! "
强觉得自己很傻，大笑，“原来我一直在拿一把钝掉的斧头砍树木，却忘了需要磨利它！”
When we try to do too much, it is as if we are trying to sharpen too many knifes in our limited time.
当我们要去做太多时，就好像我们要在有限的时间把太多的刀磨快。
"You are a fine fellow, " said the man. " Will you let me sharpen my ax on it? "
“真是个好小伙子”，那人说，“你能让我磨磨斧子吗？”
Some of the computer programs at the center are the same ones sold to consumers trying to sharpen their memory or thinking.
中心里用的电脑程序，有些在市面上都有卖的，训练顾客的记忆或思维的敏锐度。
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. "
弟子看着师傅说：“我明白了，要想使用这个力量，我必须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，结果却糟蹋了它，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.
没人记得他是从哪一年的哪一天开始磨的刀，开始也没有人知道他为什么要磨刀。
That the revered Nelson Mandela's rainbow nation is now turning to a man of Mr Zuma's stamp may sharpen prejudices about Africa.
崇敬的纳尔逊曼德拉的彩虹之国现在变成祖玛一人的印章，可能会提高对非洲的偏见。
To sharpen its edge and increase its penetration of the footwear market, the Group has continued to seek product diversification.
集团不断巩固生产优势，并且扩大在优闲鞋市场的版图，一直致力寻求产品多元化。
Take advantage of every training opportunity to develop your shape and sharpen your serving skills.
把握每个训练的机会，发展你的特色、磨练你的事奉技能。
Her advisers struggled for years before she became chancellor to get her to sharpen her pageboy haircut and frumpy clothes.
在她成为总理之前，她的顾问努力多年才说服她改变自己的娃娃头发型和俗气过时的衣着。
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》预言了资本主义将会全球化，而不平等会严重的尖锐化。
If you're making any of these four mistakes, it might be time to sharpen your resume or your approach .
下面这四个错误不管你犯了哪些，都应该再打磨你的简历改变你的方法了。
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，轻微的紧张会使你的思维变得敏锐，反应更迅速。
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.
许多学生都想提高书写能力，但是平时练习题太多没有时间能练习书写。
On this occasion, those who gear up to sharpen their English skills will seize the opportunity of promotion.
当此之时，那些加紧提升英语能力的人将抓住晋升的机会。
They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.
他们也帮助他培养其敏锐的听觉，这是视力有残疾的人非常依赖的感官。
Easy to sharpen and easy to clean. Your knives are a blessing.
磨刀容易，清理简单，你们的刀真乃厨师之福。
2012 is right around the corner. Sharpen your mental toughness tools and finish off the year strong!
2012正跃跃欲试。擦亮你坚忍不拔的意志力武器，让这一年强劲地结束！
Groysberg's study prompted me to think of other, marginalised groups whose outsider status prompted them to sharpen certain skills.
葛罗伊斯堡的研究让我想起了其他受到社会排斥的群体，它们的局外人地位促使它们努力增强某些技能。
Debates sharpen one's wits.
辩论增长才智。
The Suns are a poor defensive team, but we are just GIVING them steals. We need to sharpen up the ball control.
太阳是一个防守很烂的球队，但是我们却给他们这么多的抢断，我们需要提高控球能力。
In recent years, the theories of pragmatics now sharpen our eyes and widen our horizon in humor studies.
近年来语用学的逐渐成熟，为我们今天对幽默展开深入研究提供了更宽的视野和更新的角度。
If you are an intermediate photographer, it will help you to sharpen your skills and move you to the next level.
如果你是个中级水准的摄影师，本书能帮助你磨练技巧，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.
叙利亚国内的反对派还是有所克制，但是如果局势继续恶化的话，他们也会被迫这么做。
Give up the abandoned, to give up not grasp, and can sharpen persistence, perseverance and purification of the mind, enhance the spirit.
放弃该放弃的，放弃不可把握的，可以磨砺毅力，坚韧意志，净化心灵，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，一个晴朗的早晨，小镇的街上走着一位陌生人，他手里拿着一把斧子，东张西望，想找块磨石磨磨斧子。
Hilton Shanghai places heavy emphasis on a continuous upgrade in an effort to sharpen the hotel's competitive edge.
为了保持酒店的竞争力，上海希尔顿酒店配备了高速宽带上网和无线上网等先进的设施。
The moves continued to sharpen the country's clash over whether Mr. Mubarak would resign.
这些举动使围绕穆巴拉克总统是否辞职产生的冲突进一步尖锐。
For Mr Obama, the lesson is simple enough: sharpen up, and prepare for a tough two years.
对于奥巴马来说，这一课非常简单：打起精神，为接下来艰难的两年做好准备。
To be imaginative and to think laterally, sharpen your skills, then you will gradually stand out from your peer colleagues.
富有创造力，善于横向思考，锐化你的能力，你就很快能在同辈同事中崭露头角。
The pencil sharpener is a tool which can sharpen a pencil along the axial direction of the pencil.
$本铅笔专用刨刀是一种沿铅笔轴向削笔的工具。
The mind has to be still, and you have to maintain just the right amount of pressure constantly as you sharpen the blade.
心必须静止。磨刃时你还必须维持那股恰到好处的压力。
If you want women to continue to be attracted to you, you need to keep being unpredictable, etc. Always sharpen the saw!
如果你想妇女继续被吸引到你，你需要保持，变幻莫测等始终提高锯！
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访时说，我们需要着重于我们的关注点，为实现这一目标，需要采取重大行动。
And an image editor consumes and emits pixels, applying rules to each pixel or groups of pixels to, say, sharpen or stylize an image.
而图像编辑器将消耗并生成像素，对每个像素或每组像素应用规则从而锐化图像或形成某种风格。
The aim is to remind you of these simple but important issues in dating and also improve or sharpen your dating skills.
旨在提醒你这些约会时简单但是重要的事，顺便能够提高你的约会的技巧。
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样的角度磨表面。磨背面时应保持更加锐角的角度。
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，在一间办公室里，同事们都在不停地交易，而你却在削铅笔，然后跑出去买三明治。
In contrast, we could sharpen up the details in a slightly blurred photo by emphasizing its high-frequency components.
反过来，我们也可以通过加强其高频分量的办法，来突出一张有些模糊的照片的细节。
Isn't there any way you could sharpen your pencil and get the figure down a bit more?
你难道没有办法再精打细算，多降价一点？
