Acute
[ə'kjuːt] or [ə'kjut]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; 'acute appendicitis'; 'the acute phase of the illness'; 'acute patients' .
(adj.) of critical importance and consequence; 'an acute (or critical) lack of research funds' .
(adj.) extremely sharp or intense; 'acute pain'; 'felt acute annoyance'; 'intense itching and burning' .
(adj.) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; 'an acute observer of politics and politicians'; 'incisive comments'; 'icy knifelike reasoning'; 'as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang'; 'penetrating insight'; 'frequent penetrative observations' .
(adj.) of an angle; less than 90 degrees .
整理:劳拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
(a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
(a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
(a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
(a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
(v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
手打:凯西
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Sharp, pointed, ACUMINATED, CUSPIDATED.[2]. Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sapient, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed, UP TO SNUFF.[3]. Severe, violent, intense, poignant, exquisite, pungent.[4]. High, shrill, high-toned.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pointed, penetrating, sagacious, perspicacious, keen, astute, piercing, sharp,shrewd, keen-sighted, severe, distressing
ANT:Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, undiscerning, heavy, chronic, stolid
編輯:沃尔夫冈
解釋/意思:
adj. sharp-pointed: keen: opp. of dull: shrewd: shrill: critical.—adv. Acute′ly.—n. Acute′ness.—Acute angle an angle less than a right angle (see Angle); Acute disease one coming to a violent crisis as opp. to Chronic.
手打:洛葛仙妮
例句/造句/用法:
- Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I am a blind, weak fool, and you are acute and sensible, Shirley. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Perdita's questions had ceased; she leaned on my arm, panting with emotions too acute for tears--our men pulled alongside the other boat. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Some of my suffering is very acute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Lily smiled also: his words were too acute not to strike her sense of humour. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They were very acute persons, those sons of Asclepius. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- That is one of Mr. Steffens's most acute observations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Statesmanship would go out to meet a crisis before it had become acute. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Her voluptuous, acute apprehension of him made the blood faint in her veins, her mind went dim and unconscious. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Who feels injustice; who shrinks before a slight; who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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