sharpen
v. (使)提高,改善; 加强,加重; (使)变得锋利/清晰; (使声音)变得尖锐
If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something.
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。
You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.
排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed.
He started to sharpen his knife.
他开始磨刀。
...sharpened pencils.
削尖的铅笔
If disagreements or differences between people sharpen, or if they are sharpened, they become bigger or more important.
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。
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。
1. make sharp or sharper;
2. make sharp or sharper;
3. become sharp or sharper;
4. put (an image) into focus;
5. make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
6. raise the pitch of (musical notes)
7. give a point to;
8. make (one's senses) more acute;
He'll need to sharpen his brain a bit if he hopes to get on in business.
如果他想下海经商,他还得头脑更精明些.
A workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.
工欲善其事,必先利其器.
Photoshop Elements provides many different ways to sharpen an image.
PhotoshopElements提供了很多不同的方法来锐化一张图片.
My pencil doesn't write well; I must sharpen it.
我的铅笔不好使; 我必须把它削尖.
Debates sharpen one's wits.
辩论增长才智.