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To sharpen something means to make it sharp or sharper, like sharpening a pencil or a knife. It's also used for senses or skills — to sharpen your focus, your mind, or your skills means to make them clearer or better through practice.
使銳利、削尖；使敏銳（技能、感官等）
組成sharp + -en (a verb ending meaning "to make ___").
同家族的字
- sharpsharpen is built directly from this word
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sharpenverb/ˈʃɑɹpən/
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To make sharp.
- to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note
- He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
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To become sharp.
- The organizers said they had found themselves "more involved in the web of social convulsions and violence that is tormenting our country. The present economic crisis, the grave political instability and the rapidly sharpening violence have finally overtaken […] our wishes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。