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单词 hone
释义
hone
verb[T]
uk
/həʊn/us
/hoʊn/

honeverb[T](MAKE SHARP)

to make anobjectsharp:
使…变锋利；把…磨尖
Thebonehad been honedtoapoint.那块骨头已经被磨尖了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sharp and blunt
  • angularity
  • blunt
  • dull
  • jag
  • jaggy
  • keen
  • point
  • pointed
  • pointy
  • prickly
  • razor-sharp
  • sharp
  • sharpen
  • sharply
  • spiked
  • spiky
  • super-sharp
  • ultra-sharp
  • whet
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honeverb[T](MAKE PERFECT)

to make somethingperfectorcompletelysuitableforitspurpose:
磨炼，磨砺；训练
Hisphysiquewas honedtoperfection.他的体形锻炼得很完美。
Herdebatingskillswere honed in thestudents'union.她的辩论才能是在学生会里磨炼出来的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things better
  • add salt tosomethingidiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • cultivate
  • liven(something)up
  • lubricate
  • make a differenceidiom
  • make a world of differenceidiom
  • makesomeone/somethingover
  • relieve
  • revitalize
  • revivify
  • revolutionize
  • salvage
  • salve
  • save the dayidiom
  • sharpen
  • tonic
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(Definition ofhonefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hone| American Dictionary

hone
verb[T]
us
/hoʊn/
todirectsomething such as anabilityto make it moreeffective:
Hehelpsperformershonetheirskillsasdancersandsingers.
To hone anobjectis to make itsharper:
to honescissors
(Definition ofhonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

hone| Business English

hone
verb[T]
uk
/həʊn/us
to make somethingbetterorcompletelysuitableforitspurpose:
hone your skillsShe honed herskillsincustomerrelationsat British Airways.
Ourinterviewingtechniqueshave been honed inordertohelpuspickexactlytherightcandidate.
(Definition ofhonefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhone

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They are essentially ritualized grand narratives, cultivated and honed and written down over the years.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The definition of death has, as the author notes, been subsequently honed to fit the needs of medicine, especially those of the transplant community.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The test section and the immediate upstream pipe section were honed after assembly.
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The program examples are not always well honed.
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By the late twentieth century, legal realists and critical legal scholars honed such insights into a fullfledged critique of a narrow form of legal liberalism.
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Long honed his proposal, persisted in his search for legislative opportunities, and finally secured its passage as part of a tax bill in 1975.
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The formal structure had been well honed for carrying out a certain type of exploration, one that had singularity of purpose and dramatic resources to back up the plans.
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Chafing under the recent wave of regulatory initiatives, many corporations and trade associations channeled funding into think tanks that allowed these messages to be honed and disseminated.
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I would just add that the latter is not the same memory that controls the online aiming movements, but one that implicitly accumulates experience and hones the response.
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I am not accusing anyone in particular, but mechanisms have been created and honed for committing this type of fraud which are absolutely outrageous.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The compromise honed in the conciliation procedure is, however, acceptable in this respect.
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The debate is timely because each party, in its own way, has been building a family policy and honing the issues before a general election.
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Of course, it is to be honed that that situation will never arise.
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Their challenging skills need to be honed to the sharpest of edges in realistic training for such operations.
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The one thing that people object to about herrings is the hones.
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