acuteadj.
十分严重的
very serious or severe
There is an acute shortage of water.
水严重短缺。
acute pain
剧痛
the world's acute environmental problems
全球十分严重的环境问题
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
acute appendicitis
急性阑尾炎
灵敏的
very sensitive and well developed
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
He is an acute observer of the social scene.
他是个敏锐的社会现状观察者。
Her judgement is acute.
她的判断敏锐。
锐角的
less than 90˚
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ADJ-GRADED （情况）严重的；（感觉）强烈的
You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense.The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
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ADJ 急性的
An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long....a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.
患急性风湿性关节炎的病人
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ADJ-GRADED （感官）灵敏的
If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful.In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。
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ADJ-GRADED 敏锐的；有洞察力的
If you say that someone is acute or has an acute mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly.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。
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Everything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence.
从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。
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ADJ-GRADED 锐角的
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ADJ （标在元音等上面的符号）尖音的，重音的
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'.
noun
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- a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- Synonym: acute accent ague
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- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- acute appendicitis
- the acute phase of the illness
- acute patients
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- of critical importance and consequence
- an acute (or critical) lack of research funds
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- extremely sharp or intense
- acute pain
- felt acute annoyance
- intense itching and burning
- Synonym: intense
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- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- an acute observer of politics and politicians
- incisive comments
- icy knifelike reasoning
- as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
- penetrating insight
- frequent penetrative observations
- Synonym: discriminating incisive keen knifelike penetrating penetrative piercing sharp
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- ending in a sharp point
- Synonym: acuate sharp needlelike
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- of an angle;less than 90 degrees
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The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
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He collapsed from acute renal failure
他的身体因为严重的肾衰竭而垮掉了。
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There is an acute shortage of water .
水严重短缺。
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He is an acute observer of the social scene .
他是个敏锐的社会现状观察者。
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This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal .
这种急性大脑传染病几乎总是导致死亡。
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Competition for jobs is acute .
求职竞争非常激烈。
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The minister was praised for his acute political antennae .
这位部长以政治触觉敏锐而为人称道。
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Her judgement is acute .
她的判断敏锐。
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Punishment can never be an effective cure for acute social problems
惩罚绝不是解决严重社会问题的有效办法。
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In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute .
黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。
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Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses .
因为护理人员严重不足，患者生命垂危。
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The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government
报告将政府置于窘境。
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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。
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The situation today is immeasurably more acute than it was 25 years ago .
今天的形势远比25年前严峻。
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The labour shortage is becoming acute .
劳动力匮乏愈演愈烈。
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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。
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His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind .
他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。
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I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism
我染上了急性风湿，卧病在床。
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Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor .
过高的房价已经造成了穷人能够买得起的住房严重短缺。
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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。
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I was suffering from acute sunstroke , starvation and exhaustion .
我严重中暑，又饿又累。
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He gave an acute analysis of regional politics .
他对区域政治作了敏锐的分析。
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An acute observer usually sees the essence of things at first sight .
敏锐的观察家通常一眼即可看出事物的本质。
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Wild animals have an acute sense of smell .
野生动物有灵敏的嗅觉。
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Then the pain became even more acute .
痛乃逾甚。
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A bad tooth can cause acute pain .
一颗蛀牙可以引起激烈的疼痛。
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The contradictions are becoming increasingly acute .
矛盾日益尖锐。
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Dogs have an acute sense of smell .
狗的嗅觉很灵敏。
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The struggle became more acute .
斗争进一步激化。
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She died from acute pneumonia .
她死于急性肺炎。
用于描述人们的想法、感觉，通常指能够注意到被观察物体的细微差异的。
He gave an acute analysis of regional politics.
他对区域政治作了敏锐的分析。
Wild animals have an acute sense of smell.
野生动物有灵敏的嗅觉。
用于描述思想感情和感官，强调敏锐的、聪慧的。
She has a keen eye/mind.
她目光/思想敏锐。
His keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
他敏锐的耳朵听出了些许口音。
既可指头脑灵活的，又可指观察入微的。
Birds have sharp eyes and dogs have sharp noses.
鸟有敏锐的眼睛，而狗有灵敏的鼻子。
He is seventy years old, but his mind is still sharp.
他虽然70岁了，但头脑还很灵活。