honed

英 [həʊnd]

美 [hoʊnd]

v.  磨练，训练(尤指技艺); 磨(刀); 把(刀)磨快
hone的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 磨炼（技能）;开发（产品）；锤炼（观点）
  If youhonesomething, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose.
  1. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers...
     龙头公司会在磨砺高层管理人员的技能上付出时间和金钱。
  2. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
     他经常运动，以锻炼身体和保持身材。
• VERB 磨（刀等）；把…磨快
  If youhonea blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a special device.
  1. ...four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements.
     4个珩磨带有锋利刀刃的工具的砂轮
  2. ...a thin, honed blade.
     磨得锋利的薄刀片

双语例句

• But both sides have honed their methods and, in some ways, the gap between them has shrunk.
  但是争论双方的研究方法都已纯熟，在某种程度上，他们之间的分歧有所缓解。
• Hermione's talents at blackmail are once again honed on Rita Skeeter.
  赫敏在敲诈方面的天赋又一次在丽塔·基特身上得到应用。
• Meanwhile, startups such as Myspace and Facebook redefined community interactivity, concepts honed or created by AOL.
  同时，myspace和facebook等初创企业重新定义了aol创造或发展的社交互动概念。
• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• Skills honed at home and local contacts are not necessarily easy to transport elsewhere.
  在本土市场中磨练出来的技能与在当地的关系不一定能轻易地转到其它地区。
• They've got very strong skills, often honed by working in financial services.
  他们的能力非常强，金融服务业的工作经历磨练了他们的能力。
• The advance team was at the peak of their self-confidence, honed by political campaigns to a razor-edge.
  这个先遣班子，由于在竞选运动中的磨炼，正是锋芒毕露达到了自信的顶峰。
• While the other thirty-one teams honed their skills during the rigorous qualifying process the host country has automatic admission.
  因为当其它31支球队在残酷的资格赛中磨练了他们的技术时，东道主德国队则自动取得世界杯参赛资格。
• And if these skills could be honed in the minds of MBA students, corporate managers or military officers, is this something that should be pursued?
  如果我们能够培养mba学员、公司管理人员和军官获得这些技能，这是否应该是我们追求的目标？
• He began soliciting philanthropic donations and honed his views on traumatic memory and trauma therapy.
  他开始募集慈善捐款，并将关注的目标集中在创伤记忆及创伤治疗之上。