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

• Try this for yourself, and notice how much it sharpens your focus.
  不妨自己也试试，然后留心下它会让我们的关注度增加多少。
• Although it seems not to violate our country's family planning policy, in nature it is the conflict between peasants'childbearing wish and the policy which sharpens sex ratio unbalance.
  它虽然表面上并没有违反国家的计划生育政策，但实质上却是农民生育意愿与计划生育政策之间博弈的结果，使性别比失调问题更为严重。
• Mr Weaver talks with her while she sharpens her pencils.
  她一面削尖铅笔，韦佛先生一面跟她谈话。
• 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。
• It is continuous, but sharpens at times, just like a needle prick.
  是持续性的，但有时候像针刺一样疼。
• 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。
• Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
  夜晚让各种感觉更加敏锐强烈。
• 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。
• Sharpens the Agricultural Colleges and Universities discipline Teacher Modern Education Technology Ability the Method Discussion
  提高农业院校学科教师现代教育技术能力的方法探讨
• Makes, repairs, sets and sharpens blades for circular, band and other saws.
  制造、修理、安放和打磨圆锯、带锯和其他动力锯用的刀片。