acute

英 [əˈkjuːt]

美 [əˈkjuːt]

adj.  十分严重的; (疾病)急性的; 灵敏的

复数：acutes　最高级：acutest　

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同义词辨析

acutekeensharp【导航词义：敏锐的】

牛津词典

adj.

• 十分严重的
  very serious or severe
  1. There is an acute shortage of water.
     水严重短缺。
  2. acute pain
     剧痛
  3. the world's acute environmental problems
     全球十分严重的环境问题
  4. Competition for jobs is acute.
     求职竞争非常激烈。
• （疾病）急性的
  an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous
  1. acute appendicitis
     急性阑尾炎
• 灵敏的
  very sensitive and well developed
  1. Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
     狗的嗅觉灵敏。
• 敏锐的；有洞察力的
  intelligent and quick to notice and understand things
  1. He is an acute observer of the social scene.
     他是个敏锐的社会现状观察者。
  2. Her judgement is acute.
     她的判断敏锐。
• 锐角的
  less than 90˚

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （情况）严重的；（感觉）强烈的
  You can useacuteto indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense.
  1. The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
     战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
  2. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government...
     报告将政府置于窘境。
  3. The labour shortage is becoming acute.
     劳动力匮乏愈演愈烈。
• ADJ 急性的
  Anacuteillness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.
  1. ...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.
     患急性风湿性关节炎的病人
  2. ...an acute case of dysentery.
     急性痢疾病例
• ADJ-GRADED （感官）灵敏的
  If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell isacute, it is sensitive and powerful.
  1. In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
     黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。
• ADJ-GRADED 敏锐的；有洞察力的
  If you say that someone isacuteor has anacutemind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly.
  1. Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful...
     虽已年届九旬，她依然头脑敏锐，个性很强。
  2. His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind.
     他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。
• 锐角的
  Anacuteangle is less than 90°.
• （标在元音等上面的符号）尖音的，重音的
  Anacuteaccent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, eacute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.

英英释义

noun

• a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  Synonym:acute accentague

adj

• having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
  1. acute appendicitis
  2. the acute phase of the illness
  3. acute patients
• of critical importance and consequence
  1. an acute (or critical) lack of research funds
• extremely sharp or intense
  1. acute pain
  2. felt acute annoyance
  3. intense itching and burning
  Synonym:intense
• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  1. an acute observer of politics and politicians
  2. incisive comments
  3. icy knifelike reasoning
  4. as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
  5. penetrating insight
  6. frequent penetrative observations
  Synonym:discriminatingincisivekeenknifelikepenetratingpenetrativepiercingsharp
• ending in a sharp point
  Synonym:acuatesharpneedlelike
• of an angle

双语例句

• The contradictions are becoming increasingly acute.
  矛盾日益尖锐。
• A patient going through acute detox will have an assigned nurse nearby.
  接受急性脱瘾治疗的病人身边会有一名指派的护士看护。
• He suffers from acute depression.
  他患有严重的忧郁症。
• There's an acute shortage of rain.
  这里严重缺雨。
• The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government
  报告将政府置于窘境。
• The cry of a bat is too acute for the human ear to hear.
  蝙蝠的叫声非常尖细，人类的耳朵听不见。
• The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.
  这一出版物是为满足急需而出版的。
• He is recovering in hospital after an operation for acute appendicitis.
  做完急性阑尾炎手术后，他正在医院康复。
• I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism
  我染上了急性风湿，卧病在床。
• They think his illness is acute rather than chronic.
  他们认为他的病是急性的，不是慢性的。