sharpens

英 [ˈʃɑːpənz]

美 [ˈʃɑːrpənz]

v.  (使)变得锋利，变得清晰; (使感觉或感情)加强，加重，变得更明显; 使尖锐; 使明朗
sharpen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (感觉、理解)加强;(使)加深;(技巧)提高;(使)改善
  If your senses, understanding, or skillssharpenorare sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something.
  1. Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual...
     她眼睛一亮，仿佛看见了什么不寻常的事情。
  2. You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.
     排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
• VERB 使变得锋利;削尖;磨快
  If yousharpenan object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed.
  1. He started to sharpen his knife.
     他开始磨刀。
  2. ...sharpened pencils.
     削尖的铅笔
• V-ERG (分歧、差异等)加剧;(使)加深;(使)加重
  If disagreements or differences between peoplesharpen, or if theyare sharpened, they become bigger or more important.
  1. With urbanisation the antagonism between rich and poor sharpened...
     伴随着城市化的推进，贫富间的对立情绪也加剧了。
  2. The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
     哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。

双语例句

• I still find looking at something 'real' sharpens my creative focus.
  我仍然觉得，观察某些‘真实’的东西可以令自己的创意关注点更加敏锐。
• Understood each other different holiday regarding sharpens our Trans-Culture human relations ability to have the extremely vital significance.
  了解彼此不同的节日对于提高我们的跨文化交际能力有着极其重要的意义。
• By broadly learning and constantly examining himself every day, the gentleman sharpens his awareness and makes fewer mistakes.
  广泛的学习并且不断检讨自己，他明知并且少犯错误。
• Cold weather sharpens the pain in my knee.
  寒冷使我膝盖的疼痛加剧。
• I believed that in there study, I will increase knowledge enormously, sharpens the synthesizing capacity as well as in realizes in the life value to go out important one step.
  我相信，在那里学习，我将极大地增长知识，提高综合能力以及在实现人生价值上走出重要的一步。
• But the latest round of measures also sharpens the focus on another sector that is a critical lifeline for Iran's proliferation and evasion: shipping.
  但新一轮的制裁举措，还强化了对另一个行业的关注：海运。对于伊朗的核扩散和逃避制裁努力而言，这是一条关键的生命线。
• Exercise sharpens your appetite.
  运动增进你的食欲。
• The presence of foreign banks tends to increase competition, which, in turn, sharpens the competitive edge of domestic banks.
  外资银行的参与一般都能提高市场竞争，从而推动本地银行加强竞争优势。
• It expands the mind, sharpens the perceptions, and ripens the judgment.
  这种操练能使心智发达，理解力增强，鉴别力熟练。
• The real beauty of life lies in appreciating the opposite phenomena because it sharpens ones perception towards one's own perception.
  生活的美存在于欣赏对立的现象，它使的感知更敏锐。