sharpening

英 [ˈʃɑːpənɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃɑːrpənɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：sharpening　复数：sharpenings　

BNC.33727 / COCA.35460

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

• He is sharpening a pair of blunt scissors with a whetstone.
  他在用磨刀石磨一把不锋利的剪刀。
• For sharpening Mill saws and various cutting tools as a general purpose file for shop floor workings.
  主要是为了削尖磨锯和不同类型的切割工具，作为车间工作的一个通用锉刀。
• I urge you to continue your good work in sustaining and sharpening Hong Kong's competitive edge.
  我促请各位继续努力，协助维持和提高香港的竞争优势。
• My razor needs sharpening.
  我的剃刀需要磨了。
• The contradictions are sharpening.
  矛盾正在加剧。
• This pencil needs sharpening.
  这支铅笔需要削尖。
• See more, ask more, do more, sharpening process is long and boring.
  多看、多问、多做，磨刀的过程漫长又枯燥。
• Or a knife set and a sharpener. Sharpening's very important.
  或者是那套厨刀和磨刀石。磨刀很重要的。
• It's called sharpening the saw.
  这被称为“磨锯”。
• Sharpening one sense by denying others.
  拒绝其他的感官从而加强其中的一个。