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

• Skills honed at home and local contacts are not necessarily easy to transport elsewhere.
  在本土市场中磨练出来的技能与在当地的关系不一定能轻易地转到其它地区。
• They've got very strong skills, often honed by working in financial services.
  他们的能力非常强，金融服务业的工作经历磨练了他们的能力。
• 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 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。
• He began soliciting philanthropic donations and honed his views on traumatic memory and trauma therapy.
  他开始募集慈善捐款，并将关注的目标集中在创伤记忆及创伤治疗之上。
• 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。
• Aid campaigners have their new mantra well honed.
  援助支持者将精心修饰他们的新格言。
• A person's knowledge, through learning can be; a person's growth, must be honed.
  一个人的知识，通过学习可以得到；一个人的成长，必须通过磨练。
• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• Say, In the time I have been out of the marketplace, I have better honed my skills in communication.
  例如，我曾经失业过一段时间，但那段时间里，我更好地锻炼了自己的沟通技巧。