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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, startups such as Myspace and Facebook redefined community interactivity, concepts honed or created by AOL.
  同时，myspace和facebook等初创企业重新定义了aol创造或发展的社交互动概念。
• 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。
• 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。
• She honed her debating skills at college.
  她在大学时便练就了辩论技巧。
• 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。
• Really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
  今年我的偷听技术可是大有长进。
• 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。