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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• Exercise sharpens your appetite.
  运动增进你的食欲。
• Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
  夜晚让各种感觉更加敏锐强烈。
• 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。
• Objective: Goal Through will utilize the diet support therapy to the diabetes nephrosis patient, sharpens its disease-resistant ability, will promote the patient soon to be restored to health.
  目的通过对糖尿病肾病患者运用饮食支持疗法，提高其抗病能力，促进患者早日康复。
• The cat doesn't even say," Thank you!" He just sharpens his claws.
  猫咪连谢谢都没说。他只是一个劲的磨爪子。