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。
• While the other thirty-one teams honed their skills during the rigorous qualifying process the host country has automatic admission.
  因为当其它31支球队在残酷的资格赛中磨练了他们的技术时，东道主德国队则自动取得世界杯参赛资格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• Analytical, problem solving, application, and evaluation skills are honed by examining current management and organizational issues, challenges, and opportunities.
  在有关管理和组织的问题、挑战、机遇中磨练分析、解决、应用问题并进行评估的技能。
• Or he's honed his skills over the years.
  或是这些年来他把技术练精了。