| 词汇 | hone |
| 释义 | hone verb[ T ] uk /həʊn/ us /hoʊn/ honeverb[T] (MAKE SHARP)to make an object sharp: 使…变锋利；把…磨尖 be honed toThe bone had been honed to a point.那块骨头已经被磨尖了。 Sharp and blunt among angularity blunt jag jaggy keen point pointed prickly razor-sharp sharp sharpen sharply spiked spikily spiky spiny strop super-sharp honeverb[T] (MAKE PERFECT)to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose: 磨炼，磨砺；训练 be honed to perfectionHis physique was honed to perfection.他的体形锻炼得很完美。 Her debating skills were honed in the students' union.她的辩论才能是在学生会里磨炼出来的。 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom make someone/something over remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic hone | American Dictionaryhone verb[ T ] us/hoʊn/ to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective: He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers. To hone an object is to make it sharper: to hone scissors hone | Business Englishhone verb[ T ] uk /həʊn/us to make something better or completely suitable for its purpose: hone your skillsShe honed her skills in customer relations at British Airways. Our interviewing techniques have been honed in order to help us pick exactly the right candidate. Examples of honehone They are essentially ritualized grand narratives, cultivated and honed and written down over the years. The definition of death has, as the author notes, been subsequently honed to fit the needs of medicine, especially those of the transplant community. The test section and the immediate upstream pipe section were honed after assembly. The program examples are not always well honed. 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. Long honed his proposal, persisted in his search for legislative opportunities, and finally secured its passage as part of a tax bill in 1975. 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. 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. 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. I am not accusing anyone in particular, but mechanisms have been created and honed for committing this type of fraud which are absolutely outrageous. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The compromise honed in the conciliation procedure is, however, acceptable in this respect. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, it is to be honed that that situation will never arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their challenging skills need to be honed to the sharpest of edges in realistic training for such operations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The one thing that people object to about herrings is the hones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hone These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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