Sharpen
[ 'ʃɑ:pən ]
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vt.& vi. 使锐利;使敏捷;加重;削尖;
vi. 尖锐;变锋利;
📝 例句
Please sharpen the edge of this knife.
请把这刀刃磨快。
sharpen a sword
磨刀
He neatly sharpened pencils.
他利索地将铅笔一支支削尖。
Please sharpen this pencil.
请削一削这只铅笔。
To give an edge to(a blade); sharpen.
给（刀刃）磨边；使锋利
🌱 联想助记
【记】shar-拼音“傻人”,pen-钢笔:傻人把钢笔削尖了
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sharpen
v[I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become sharp （使某物）锋利, 尖锐, 陡峭, 清晰, 强烈
The tone of his letters has sharpened (ie become less friendly) recently. 他最近来信的口气变得刻薄起来.
sharpen a pencil 削铅笔
This knife needs sharpening. 这把刀要磨一下.
This incident has sharpened public awareness of the economic crisis. 这件事提高了公众对经济危机的认识.
sharpen sb's wits, ie make sb more mentally alert 使某人更机智.
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It is thought that they arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
他们被认为是在3万多年以前从亚洲跨越一座陆桥来到美洲的。
Thus one simple fact, a change in the number of bison, had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
因此，出现了这样一个简单的事实--野牛数目换的变化对平原的整个野生生物链都产生了影响。
Finally, India won her independence on August 15th, 1947, but Gandhi himself was shot five months later by an Indian who opposed his views.
印度终于在1947年8月15日获得独立，但甘地本人却在5个月后被一个反对他的观点的印度人枪杀。