acute /əˈkjuːt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. 严峻的

  例：

  The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis.

  这场战争加剧了一场严峻的经济危机。

  例：

  The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.

  这份报告使政府极其尴尬。

• 2. 

  ADJ An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long. Compare . 急性的 [医学] [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.

  …一位患急性风湿性关节炎的病人。

• 3. 

  ADJ If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful. 敏锐的

  例：

  When she lost her sight, her other senses grew more acute.

  失明以后，她的其他感官变得更加敏锐了。

• 4. 

  ADJ An acute angle is less than 90°. Compare angle. 锐 (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)(上的符号) [ADJ n, n ADJ]