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

• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• 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。
• She honed her debating skills at college.
  她在大学时便练就了辩论技巧。
• Asian culture has been honed by centuries of hard experience, which explains why Asians save more.
  亚洲文化经历了数百年艰难历程的磨砺，这解释了为什么亚洲人喜欢储蓄。
• 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。
• After that, she adds, most tend to return home, taking their newly honed skills with them.
  在此之后，她补充道，这些人中大多数倾向于带着他们新磨砺出的技能回到家乡。
• 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。
• The soft ability of Chinese universities also needs to be honed.
  中国高校羽翼未丰，软实力还需加强。
• 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。
• 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。