acute
acute
英[əˈkjuːt]美[əˈkjuːt]
adj.严重的，（疾病）急性的，灵敏的，敏锐的，锐角的；
名词：acuteness;
例句
He felt uneasy at acute piercing sound.他听见尖细刺耳的声音觉得不好受。
He’s suffering from an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract.他患有急性下呼吸道感染。
War is the most acute form of expression of violence.战争是暴力所表现的*剧烈的形式。
I’m afraid it’s an acute gastritis.恐怕是急性胃炎。
He suffers from acute depression.他患有严重的忧郁症。
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。
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。
Angles of less than 90 degrees are called acute angles.小于90度的角叫锐角。
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。
Dogs have an acute sense of smell.狗有灵敏的嗅觉。
英语六级真题
As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression, like the disciplines of metre and rhyme (韵律), spur creative thought
出自-2013年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
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*府置于窘境。ADJ
急性的
An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long.
例句
...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.
例句
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 is acute or has an acute mind, you mean that they are quick to notice things and are able to understand them clearly.
例句
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。ADJ-GRADED
锐角的
An acute angle is less than 90°.
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'.
英汉词典释义
adj.
极大的, 严重的
There's an acute shortage of water.这里严重缺水。敏锐的, 深刻的, 剧烈的
He is an acute observer.他是个敏锐的观察家。Dogs have an acute sense of smell.狗有灵敏的嗅觉。急性的
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。锐角的
英英词典释义
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"行业词典
医学： 尖锐的，强烈的；急性的：病程短而较为严重的；
