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

• 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。
• By broadly learning and constantly examining himself every day, the gentleman sharpens his awareness and makes fewer mistakes.
  广泛的学习并且不断检讨自己，他明知并且少犯错误。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• Cold weather sharpens the pain in my knee.
  寒冷使我膝盖的疼痛加剧。
• Raises and sharpens student's synthesis experiment ability.
  培养和提高学生的综合实验能力。
• A positive bias makes a texture appear extra blurry, while a negative bias sharpens the texture.
  正的偏移量使贴图显的格外模糊，而负的偏移量则会锐化贴图的纹理。