| 词汇 | honing |
| 释义 | honing present participle ofhone 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 hone jag keen point pointed prickly sharp sharpen sharply sharpness spike spiked spikily spiky spiny strop whet 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 levelling up lighten liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revamp revitalize revivify sharpen tonic Examples of honinghoning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Rather than honing and polishing a good musical idea, he wanted to follow the dreaming muse of his genius down every rabbit hole. It is perhaps appropriate to describe this as the 'rotary honing problem', or simply the 'honing problem'. Honing and visual inspection were repeated until all the holes appeared t o be free from burrs. After much honing and debate, they reduced to five, and even then four of these five really reflect two sides of the same coin. Consider now the situation for the rotary honing problem. Empathy requires a great deal more than memorizing stereotyped responses and honing acting skills. Based on developmental data showing how an increasing knowledge base influences categorization behaviours, it is assumed that some of this honing has already been done by age two. 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 In many respects, the objective of the report is to improve the detail and honing of legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was excessive engine vibration, which was partially cured by a complete engine rebore and cylinder honing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that they have apparently gone on honing against hope that the parties would come together and making suggestions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are hundreds of would-be politicians honing their skills and raising the expectations of their electorates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Authors usually take great care in honing their opening sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The high readiness states which our aircrew have to maintain for participation in operations or preparation for conflict only allows for the honing of low flying expertise, not its creation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must consider honing those down to a handful of effective bodies rather than continuing with the hurly-burly of bodies that have grown up over many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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