The sea air sharpened our appetites.

海上的空气增进了我们的食欲。

The outline of the trees sharpened as it grew lighter.

随着天色转亮，树的轮廓变得清晰了。

Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual.

她眼睛一亮，好像看到了不寻常的东西。

How can knives be sharpened?

刀是怎样变锋利？

When the students came in, sharpened pencils in hand, there was not a bluebook in sight.

学生们进来时，手里拿着削好的铅笔，所见之处一本蓝皮书也没有。

You just kind of swept them under the rug, but now, you are out there in full force with your knives sharpened.

你本只是把他们藏在地毯下面，但现在，你拿着锋利的刀，全副武装。

The knives will be sharpened soon.

刀不久就会磨的。

So he had it sharpened.

因此他要把刀磨锋利了。

He believed that Numbers sharpened debate.

他相信，数字会激化争议。

The debacle of the 2009 elections sharpened their scepticism.

而2009年选举的惨败，更加重了他们的怀疑。

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have sharpened their criticism.

沙特与海湾国家提升了批评调门。

Behind these sharpened conflicts lies something still more troubling.

这些尖锐冲突的背后还有更麻烦的事。

Our minds are sharpened and our convictions are deepened through conversation.

透过交谈，我们的心思变得敏锐、我们的信念也会更深刻。

Customers sometimes foolishly test his handiwork by touching the sharpened edge.

顾客有时候愚蠢地拿手去触摸他磨好的刀锋，以测试他的手艺。

As a result of his finding the photograph, Marcial's senses seem to have sharpened.

由于他发现了那张照片，马西亚尔的感觉好像敏锐了。

Tell how you developed or sharpened a key characteristic — and the results achieved.

讲讲你是如何培养并提高自己某一重要特点的，以及由此取得的成绩。

But they acknowledge that the recession has sharpened interest in generating revenue.

但他们承认经济危机加剧了创收的重要性。

AS adjustments were made and the focus sharpened, NASA analysts couldn't believe their eyes.

随着焦距调节，拍摄重点越发清晰，使美国宇航局分析家都不敢相信自己的眼睛了。

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

他们使舌头尖利如蛇，嘴里有虺蛇的毒气。

Coffee became popular with scholars as it sharpened the mind rather than dulled it like alcohol.

咖啡能提神，而且不像酒精那样使人迟钝，因此咖啡深受知识分子的喜爱。

The food crisis of the past 18 months has sharpened worries about how to feed the teeming slums.

贫民区人满为患，如何向该地居民提供食物已成难题，而过去18个月的食品危机更加剧了人们对此问题的担忧。

Fortunately [sustaining focus for a long period of time] can be acquired and sharpened through training.

好在[长时间保持注意力]可以通过训练实现和提高。

So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.

以色列人要磨锄，犁，斧，铲，就下到非利士人那里去磨。

Mr Jonsson said: 'My new Mosaic reveals an enormous amount of details, especially in the sharpened version.

乔森先生说：“我的新拼图显示了大量的细节，尤其是轮廓清晰的版本。”

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; say, a sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.

人子阿，你要预言。耶和华吩咐我如此说，有刀，有刀，是磨快擦亮的。

You will be far better off with plain, rustable, carbon steel knives that can be sharpened quickly on a butcher's steel.

普通的碳钢刀虽然爱生锈，但用磨刀棍一下子就能磨快，所以反而好用的多。

All of the weapons were scary, but there was something especially unnerving about the sharpened ruler and the deadly ladles.

这些凶器很吓人，锋利的尺子和致命的钢勺尤其令人不安。

Among the constants is Germany’s post-war aversion to the use of military force, sharpened by its unpopular deployment in Afghanistan.

目前德国的特点之一就是战后对使用军事力量的反感，而德国出兵阿富汗更是加剧了人民的反感。

The room was sparsely furnished with the barest of essentials: scrap paper, several sharpened pencils and uncomfortable-looking chairs.

房间里仅有一些必备的装饰：碎纸片、几支削好的铅笔和一些看上去不太舒服的椅子。