acute
adj. 严重的; (疾病)急性的; 灵敏的; 敏锐的; 锐角的
You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense.
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government...
报告将政府置于窘境。
An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.
...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.
患急性风湿性关节炎的病人
...an acute case of dysentery.
急性痢疾病例
If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful.
In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。
If you say that someone is acute or has an acute mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly.
Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful...
虽已年届九旬,她依然头脑敏锐,个性很强。
His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind.
他表面上大大咧咧,内心却无比敏锐。
An acute angle is less than 90°.
An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
1. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course;
2. extremely sharp or intense;
3. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
4. of an angle; less than 90 degrees
5. ending in a sharp point
6. of critical importance and consequence;
critical, acute, urgent
这些形容词均有"紧急的,严重的"之意。
keen, acute, sharp, shrewd
这些形容词均有"锐利的,敏锐的,机敏的"之意。
Then the pain became even more acute.
痛乃逾甚.
A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期.
Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
狗的嗅觉很灵敏.
They think his mother's illness is acute rather than chronic.
他们认为他母亲的病是急性的,不是慢性的.
The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.
这一出版物是为满足急需而出版的.