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。
• Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
  夜晚让各种感觉更加敏锐强烈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Promotion metabolism, strengthens human body own immunity, sharpens the disease-resistant ability, relieves the Asian healthy condition, restores the health and the youth vigor!
  促进新陈代谢，增强人体自身免疫力，提高抗病能力，解除亚健康状态，恢复健康和青春活力！
• World catastrophe, is sharpens the human soul with a sword, it is very difficult for us to hold it.
  天地间的大灾难，是磨砺人类魂灵的一柄利剑，我们很难握得住它。
• Researchers from the universities of Michigan and California have discovered that just a few minutes 'conversation with another person sharpens your mental faculties to a hitherto unsuspected degree.
  美国密歇根州和加利福尼亚州一些大学的研究人员发现，只需与他人进行几分钟的交谈，你的智力水平就会有所提高，其程度是迄今人们所未曾预料到的。
• 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。
• As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
  自私和抱怨使心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。