acute
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. 嚴(yán)峻的
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis. 這場戰(zhàn)爭加劇了一場嚴(yán)峻的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。
The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government. 這份報(bào)告使政府極其尷尬。
2. ADJ An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long. Compare . 急性的[醫(yī)學(xué)] [ADJ n]
...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis. …一位患急性風(fēng)濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎的病人。
3. ADJ If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful. 敏銳的
When she lost her sight, her other senses grew more acute. 失明以后，她的其他感官變得更加敏銳了。
4. ADJ An acute angle is less than 90°. Compare angle. 銳 (角)
5. ADJ An acute accent 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, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter "e" in the French word "café." 尖音符的 (E)(上的符號)[ADJ n, n ADJ]
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acute /??kju?t/
劍橋詞典
acute adjective (EXTREME)
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage .
十分嚴(yán)重的
She felt acute embarrassment /anxiety /concern at his behaviour . 她對他的行為感到極其尷尬／憂慮／擔(dān)憂。
The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas . 貧困問題在農(nóng)村地區(qū)尤為嚴(yán)重。
An acute pain or illness is one that quickly becomes very severe .
（病痛）急性的；劇烈的
acute abdominal pains 劇烈腹痛
an acute attack of appendicitis 闌尾炎急性發(fā)作
acute adjective (ACCURATE/CLEVER)
used to describe intelligence , senses , etc. that are very good, accurate , and able to notice very small differences
（感官等）敏銳的，靈敏的；機(jī)敏的，有洞察力的
acute eyesight /hearing 敏銳的視覺／聽覺
an acute sense of smell 靈敏的嗅覺
a woman of acute intelligence /judgment 機(jī)敏聰穎／有敏銳判斷力的女性
acute adjective (ANGLE)
An acute angle is less than 90 degrees .
銳角的
比較
obtuse (ANGLE)
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