sharpen

[美]/ˈʃɑːpən/
[英]/ˈʃɑːrpən/
词频: 极高

释义

v. (使)变锋利(尖锐,清晰) (使)改善,提高 (使)加剧
词形变化
现在分词sharpening
过去式sharpened
过去分词sharpened
第三人称单数sharpens
复数sharpens

短语搭配

sharpen a pencil

削铅笔

sharpen a knife

磨刀

sharpen a skill

磨练技能

sharpen focus

集中注意力

sharpen a saw

磨锯

sharpen a blade

磨刃

sharpen the mind

提高思维敏捷度

sharpen up

使……更敏锐;认真思考

例句

Please sharpen this pencil.

请削尖这支铅笔。

sharpen one's knife for sb.

准备惩罚[攻击]某人

Debates sharpen one's wits.

辩论增长才智。

This exercise will help students sharpen up their reading skills.

这个练习将帮助学生提高阅读能力。

Discipline has sharpened them up.

纪律使他们更有效率了。

I sharpened the leads to a fine point.

我把铅笔芯削得尖尖的。

When you sharpen a pencil, you make chips.

你削铅笔时, 会削下许多碎屑。

She needs to sharpen up before next month’s competition.

下个月比赛之前,她的水平需要提高一下。

coal producers must sharpen up or risk losing half their business.

煤炭生产者必须加把劲,否则就有失去一半生意的危险。

A knife is sharpened on the grindstone;steel is tempered in fire.

刀在石上磨,钢在火中炼。

The training is designed to sharpen the fighter’s reflexes.

这项训练是为了加快作战者的反应速度。

Knives can be sharpened by grinding them against a rough stone.

刀能在一块粗石上磨快。

"Start sharpening your transferrable skills," Levit said.

" Levit说:“开始磨练你的可转移技能吧。”

Dealing with suppliers directly, the importers are able to compute the cost of purchase more pellucidly, sharpen their own competitive edge and enlarge their proportion of the market share.

各国买家在和供应商的直接成交中,能更透明的计算其采购成本,增强市场竞争能力,扩大市场占有份额。

原声例句

It was the sound of a knife being sharpened.

那原来是磨刀声!

来源: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The tip of the pencil needs to be sharpened.

铅笔头该削尖了。

来源: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

That helps to reduce stress and sharpen concentration.

这样能帮助减少压力,使注意力更加敏捷。

来源: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Feifei, can you explain to our listeners why I'm sharpening an axe in the studio.

菲菲,你能和听众解释一下我在演播室里磨斧头的原因吗?

来源: BBC Authentic English

Sharpen your pencils before the test.

考试前把你的铅笔都削尖。

来源: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

The scientists are excited about how the technology might sharpen the pictures produced by radio telescopes.

对于这项技术如何将射电望远镜产生的图片更清晰,科学家们对此非常兴奋非常期待。

来源: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American December 2022 Compilation

When you sharpen a pencil, you make chips.

当你削铅笔时,会有木屑。

来源: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

The goal is to sharpen their people skills.

目标是提高她们的人际交往能力。

来源: Wall Street Journal

Tip number one is to sharpen the axe.

秘诀一是把斧头磨锋利。

来源: Cambridge top student book sharing

Ellie sharpened her creative skills at school.

埃莉在学校里增强了她的创造力。

来源: VOA Special English - Life

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