Acutely tells us that a feeling or a noticing is very strong, not mild. If you are acutely aware of something, you cannot miss it; it sits right in front of your mind. If something is acutely embarrassing, the embarrassment is sharp.

Acutelyacutelytells us告訴我們that a feeling or a noticing is very strong, not mild一種感覺或察覺非常強烈、而不是輕微的。If you are acutely aware of something如果你acutely aware of something，you cannot miss it你不可能沒注意到；it sits right in front of your mind它就明明白白擺在你腦子前面。If something is acutely embarrassing如果某件事acutely embarrassing，the embarrassment is sharp那種尷尬會很刺骨。

The word often goes with aware, conscious, sensitive, embarrassing, or painful. It sounds a little more careful than very or really, and you meet it in writing and in grown-up talk more than in the playground.

The word often goes with這個字常常搭配aware, conscious, sensitive, embarrassing, or painfulaware、conscious、sensitive、embarrassing或painful。It sounds a little more careful than very or really它聽起來比very或really更謹慎一點，and you meet it in writing and in grown-up talk而且你比較會在寫作和大人的對話裡遇到它more than in the playground而不是在操場上。

Though actually, acute also has a doctor’s meaning — an acute illness comes on fast and strong, not a long slow one — so acutely ill is that medical use, not “noticing strongly.” Students mix those two. In everyday chat, very does the same job for feelings; acutely is the sharper, more formal cousin, and it is not a fancy stamp you can put in front of every adjective.

Though actually不過其實，acute also has a doctor's meaningacute也有醫學上的意思——an acute illness comes on fast and strong急性病來得又快又猛，not a long slow one而不是慢慢拖很久的那種——so acutely ill所以acutely illis that medical use用的是醫學上的意思，not "noticing strongly"而不是「強烈察覺到」的意思。Students mix those two學生常把這兩個搞混。In everyday chat在日常聊天裡，very does the same job for feelingsvery做的是同一件事，用在感覺上；acutely is the sharper, more formal cousinacutely是它比較銳利、比較正式的親戚，and it is not a fancy stamp you can put in front of every adjective而且它不是隨便放在哪個形容詞前面都很好聽的萬用詞。