honed

英 [həʊnd]

美 [hoʊnd]

v.  磨练，训练(尤指技艺); 磨(刀); 把(刀)磨快
hone的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 磨炼（技能）;开发（产品）；锤炼（观点）
  If youhonesomething, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose.
  1. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers...
     龙头公司会在磨砺高层管理人员的技能上付出时间和金钱。
  2. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
     他经常运动，以锻炼身体和保持身材。
• VERB 磨（刀等）；把…磨快
  If youhonea blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a special device.
  1. ...four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements.
     4个珩磨带有锋利刀刃的工具的砂轮
  2. ...a thin, honed blade.
     磨得锋利的薄刀片

双语例句

• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• Your instincts are finely honed today as the intuitive Moon aligns with Mercury in your sign.
  随着月亮与水星的直观排列在你的宫，你的本能得到了细致的磨练。
• The bone had been honed to a point.
  骨头被磨尖了。
• The advance team was at the peak of their self-confidence, honed by political campaigns to a razor-edge.
  这个先遣班子，由于在竞选运动中的磨炼，正是锋芒毕露达到了自信的顶峰。
• And they also pay for the teams to spend several months every year training and competing in Canada, where they have honed their skills in tournaments such as the Shorty Jenkins Classic and the Boston Pizza Shootout.
  政府还出钱每年送冰壶队去加拿大训练比赛几个月。在ShortyJenkinsClassic和BostonPizzaShootout这样的巡回赛事上，他们的技术得到了磨练。
• She honed her debating skills at college.
  她在大学时便练就了辩论技巧。
• Aid campaigners have their new mantra well honed.
  援助支持者将精心修饰他们的新格言。
• But both sides have honed their methods and, in some ways, the gap between them has shrunk.
  但是争论双方的研究方法都已纯熟，在某种程度上，他们之间的分歧有所缓解。
• All were honed on its search engine and could give it a leg-up in the broader advertising world.
  所有这些都在其搜索引擎广告上得到过充分考验，而且可能为该公司进军更广泛的广告领域助一臂之力。
• His loner instincts are honed sharp by the spying game.
  他那深居简出的性格就是在长期的谍报工作中磨炼出来的。