灵敏的( sharp的最高级 );锋利的;狡猾的;轮廓鲜明的;

这组词都有“锋利的”“敏锐的”意思。它们的区别在于:sharp指人时,强调精明,不易受骗,指动作时强调机警、敏捷等; keen指刀尖或刀刃等“锋利的”“锐利的”,用于比喻,指风“刺骨的”,味道“刺鼻的”,批评等“尖刻的,尖锐的”; acute指人的五官,感觉,智力等是尖锐的,也可指疾病是急性的。例如:
She has a sharp nose.她嗅觉灵敏。
There was a keen wind blowing from the east.有阵刺骨的寒风从东边刮来。
Dogs have an acute sense of smell.狗有敏锐的嗅觉。
Pneumonia is an acute disease.肺炎是一种急性疾病。
这两个词用法有所不同:sharply是普通常用副词; 而sharp一般只用在look sharp, turn sharp left〔right〕这几个习语中。例如:
You go over the bridge and the road turns sharp left.你走过桥,路就突然地向左拐。
They had never heard their father speak sharply before.他们以前从来没有听到过父亲厉声地说话。
这些形容词均有“锐利的、敏锐的、机敏的”之意。
keen多指对复杂艰深的事物或问题有敏锐的观察和敏捷的理解。
acute侧重感觉敏锐,能分辨出一般人难以觉察的细微区别。
sharp指人头脑精明、敏锐或机警。
shrewd指有头脑,善于判断分析,精明过人。
adj.
adv.
He started work at the sharp end of the business, as a salesman.
他从这一行最为棘手的工作做起,当了推销员。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Furniture and carpet retailers are among those reporting the sharpest annual decline in sales.
据称年销售额下滑幅度最大的零售商中包括家具和地毯零售商。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus.
这次事件使校园暴力成为焦点问题。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》One day , in the middle of the winter , the sharpest spell of the season set in.
仲冬的一天, 最严寒的季节来临了.
来源:英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹One of sharpest contradictory arguments of the debate is on this topic.
这个议题上的争论是这场辩论中最尖锐的争论之一.
来源:网络文摘精选I know he's good-looking, but he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?
我知道他长得不错, 可是人却不是很聪明, 对 吗 ?
来源:《简明英汉词典》So I grabbed what looked like the sharpest knife and went to the bathroom.
于是我抄起看上去最锋利的一把刀,走向了浴室.
来源:互联网摘选It gives him the sharpest sense of his identity, asas the conditions of efficient work.
这种生活使他有了极其深刻的自我认识, 也给了他好好工作的环境.
来源:互联网摘选Singing among the savage branches, it impale itself upon the longest, sharpest spine.
它把自己钉在最尖最长的刺上,在蓁蓁树枝间婉啭啼鸣.
来源:词典精选例句Their differences have been thrown into sharp relief by the present crisis.
目前的危机使得他们的分歧更加引人注目。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》She drew a sharp distinction between domestic and international politics.
她将国内政治和国际政治截然分开。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.
公司不得不面对竞争对手们的小动作。
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