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acute
[英] [əˈkju:t] [美] [əˈkjut] 生词本

adj.

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1. 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。

  • The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government...

    报告将政府置于窘境。

  • The labour shortage is becoming acute.

    劳动力匮乏愈演愈烈。

2. 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

  • ...an acute case of dysentery.

    急性痢疾病例

3. 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。

4. 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。

  • His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind.

    他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。

acuteness

  • Everything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence.

    从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。

5. ADJ-GRADED 锐角的 An acute angle is less than 90°. 
6. 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

1. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Adjective

1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course;

  • "acute appendicitis"
  • "the acute phase of the illness"
  • "acute patients"

2. extremely sharp or intense;

  • "acute pain"
  • "felt acute annoyance"
  • "intense itching and burning"

3. 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"

4. of an angle; less than 90 degrees

5. ending in a sharp point

6. of critical importance and consequence;

  • "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"

医学

  • 1.①尖锐的，强烈的；②急性的：病程短而较为严重的
1. A bad tooth can cause acute pain.
一颗蛀牙可以引起激烈的疼痛。

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2. A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。

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3. Angles of less than 90 degrees are called acute angles.
小于90度的角叫锐角。

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4. Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
狗的嗅觉很灵敏。

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5. He felt uneasy at acute piercing sound.
他听见尖细刺耳的声音觉得不好受。

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6. He has given an acute analysis of the situation.
他对形势做了深刻的分析。

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7. He is an acute observer.
他是个敏锐的观察家。

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8. He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.
他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。

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9. He suffers from acute depression.
他患有严重的忧郁症。

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10. He's suffering from an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract.
他患有急性下呼吸道感染。

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11. I'm afraid it's an acute gastritis.
恐怕是急性胃炎。

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12. She died from acute pneumonia.
她死于急性肺炎。

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13. The contradictions are becoming increasingly acute.
矛盾日益尖锐。

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14. The patient died from acute cerebral haemorrhage.
患者死于急性脑溢血。

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15. The patient died from acute cerebral hemorrhage.
患者死于急性脑溢血。

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16. 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。

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17. The struggle became more acute.
斗争进一步激化。

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18. Then the pain became even more acute.
痛乃逾甚。

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19. There's an acute shortage of water.
这里严重缺水。

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20. They think his mother's illness is acute rather than chronic.
他们认为他母亲的病是急性的，不是慢性的。

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