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

• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
  夜晚让各种感觉更加敏锐强烈。
• 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。