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

• Exercise sharpens your appetite.
  运动增进你的食欲。
• Fasting increases our goodness, cultivates our nature, and sharpens our consciousness of Allah.
  斋戒增加我们的善功，培养我们的本性，凸显我们的认主意识。
• 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。
• The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds, she said.
  交谈中思想上的施与受能够磨砺我们的心智。
• 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。
• "Nokia sharpens strategy and provides updates to its targets and outlook."
  “诺基亚进行战略锐化，更新公司目标及愿景。”
• 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。
• He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
  和我们搏斗的人增强我们的神经，磨砺我们的技巧。敌手即是助手。
• 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。