sharpening
present participle ofsharpen
| 单词 | sharpening |
| 释义 | sharpening present participle ofsharpen sharpen verb[T] uk/ˈʃɑː.pən/us/ˈʃɑːr.pən/sharpenverb[T](ABLE TO CUT)C2 to make somethingsharporsharper: Mypencilisblunt- I'll have to sharpen it. figurativeThecompanyiscuttingproductioncostsin anattemptto sharpenitscompetitiveedge(= inordertoimprovehowcompetitiveit is).
Sharp and blunt
sharpenverb[T](MAKE STRONG)to make somethingstronger: Recentchangeshave sharpenedcompetitionbetween theairlines. Theprisonriotshave sharpened thedebateabout howprisonsshould berun. toimprove: Ihopethiscoursewillhelpme sharpen mycomputerskills. I went touniversityto sharpen mymind. We'll need to sharpenourwitsif we're going todefeatJack'steam. Becoming and making stronger
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming better Making things better sharpenverb[T](CLEAR)to make somethingclearer: How do you sharpen thefocuson thiscamera? Defining & explaining
sharpenverb[T](MUSIC)to make somethingplayahighermusicalnote: You need to sharpen the Astringonyourviolin. Making things better
Phrasal verbsharpen(something)up Examplesofsharpeningsharpening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Sharpeningthe idea of learning about putative obligations will be helpful. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, the flurry of promotions within the existing peerage did not denote a substantialsharpeningof divisions between the established and the newer peerage. From theCambridge English Corpus But experience might also strengthen the local excitatory interactions, leading to asharpeningof the kernel. From theCambridge English Corpus One obvious way to avoid such indeterminacy is to fix on some particularsharpeningof "serious" and to work with that. From theCambridge English Corpus Engineering employers, frequently stealing workers from each other, dealt with the matter collectively bysharpeningtheir rules against poaching. From theCambridge English Corpus This step also has the slight effect ofsharpeningthe direction tuning. From theCambridge English Corpus With thesharpeningof factional rivalries and ideological differences, however, even aristocratic patronage of the theatre could not be equated with stability or royal control. From theCambridge English Corpus That is, for eachsharpening, a small change in severity would make for a change in kind. From theCambridge English Corpus The group velocity also increases with laser intensity; hence the latter portion of the pulse reinforces with the front, causing stronger pulse-frontsharpening. From theCambridge English Corpus This leads to temporalsharpeningof the pulse. From theCambridge English Corpus In both cases, thesharpeningof the capacity for hearing what one sees, or conversely writing down in visual notation what one hears, becomes lost. From theCambridge English Corpus Sharpeningour understanding of vocalic changes requires more systematic control of variation coming from consonant context, which may have a significant impact on the results. From theCambridge English Corpus Sharpeningof frequency tuning by inhibition in the thalamic auditory nucleus of the mustached bat. From theCambridge English Corpus They contributed insharpeningmy view of epistemological problems and promoted a more distanced view of the sciences. From theCambridge English Corpus There are different "admissible" ways ofsharpeningthe borderline between serious and non-serious illnesses. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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