| 单词 | sharp |
| 释义 | sharp sharp /; AmE / adjective
1 [usually before noun] (especially about a change in sth) sudden and rapid: There was a sharp increase in sales in July.
a sharp decline/drop/fall/increase/rise
2 [usually before noun] (about people or their minds) quick to notice or understand things or to react: He has a sharp business brain. She is known as a sharp negotiator.
3 (about a person or their way of doing business) clever but possibly dishonest: His lawyer is a sharp operator. The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.
sharply adverb: Profits fell sharply following the takeover.
sharpness noun [U,C]
IDIOMS
the sharp end (of sth) (BrE) ( the place or position of greatest difficulty or responsibility: He started work at the sharp end of the business, as a salesman. |
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