hone

verb

1. 磨练，训练（尤指技艺）
   to develop and improve sth, especially a skill, over a period of time
   1. His body was honed to perfection.
      他的身体锻炼得十全十美。
   2. She honed her debating skills at college.
      她在大学时便练就了辩论技巧。
   3. It was a finely honed piece of writing.
      那是一篇经过仔细推敲写成的文章。
2. 磨（刀）；把（刀）磨快
   to make a blade sharp or sharper

1. VERB 磨炼（技能）;开发（产品）；锤炼（观点）
   If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose.
   1. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers...
      龙头公司会在磨砺高层管理人员的技能上付出时间和金钱。
   2. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
      他经常运动，以锻炼身体和保持身材。
2. VERB 磨（刀等）；把…磨快
   If you hone a blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a special device.
   1. ...four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements.
      4个珩磨带有锋利刀刃的工具的砂轮
   2. ...a thin, honed blade.
      磨得锋利的薄刀片

1. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers
   龙头公司会在磨砺高层管理人员的技能上付出时间和金钱。
2. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
   他经常运动，以锻炼身体和保持身材。
3. Hone your analytical skills.
   磨练你的分析技能。
4. Hone your skills and learn more about Rational tools with these courses, which range from introductory to advanced.
   通过这些从介绍性的到高级的课程磨练您的技能，并学习更多关于Rational工具的内容。
5. These tools give powerful ways to craft, test, and hone regexps.
   这些工具提供了强大的功能，用于编写、测试和优化regexp。
6. After all, a school club is also a classroom where students can hone their management and communication skills.
   毕竟，社团就像一个课堂，学生能在其中锻炼自己的管理和沟通能力。
7. By engaging in this interactive gaming experience, gamers become team players and hone their social skills.
   通过这种交互式游戏体验，玩家们成了团队中的一员，同时也磨练了他们的社交技能。
8. I found chess is a terrific game to learn strategy and hone your brainpower.
   我觉得下棋对学习策略和磨练大脑很有帮助。
9. So are a firm grasp of language and context, which drama and literature hone.
   对语言与语境的正确把握也是如此，而戏剧和文学可以磨练这种能力。
10. Banners are already hung as teachers meet with students to hone speeches and parent volunteers prepare food.
    在教师和学生碰头打磨演讲稿、家长志愿者准备食物的时候，横幅已经悬挂起来了。
11. You hired private college advisers to read your essays and hone your interview skills.
    你们还聘请私立大学的指导老师阅读你的文章、磨炼你的面试技巧。
12. A great way to hone your soft skills and maintain relationships.
    这是提升软技能并保持人际关系的好办法。
13. I'm away from hone, so I have many things to adjust to.
    我离开了家，因此有很多东西要去适应。
14. When I told him what I'd hone, he really went into orbit.
    当我告诉他我做了什么以后，他真的勃然大怒了。
15. To counteract insecurity, make sure you master your knowledge and hone your skills to gain confidence in yourself.
    想要消除那种不安全感，我们就要确保自己牢牢掌握了知识，磨砺了技能，以获得对自身的自信。
16. You do not think this is right in the hone your own!
    你不认为这是在磨练你自己吗！
17. This is an opportunity to hone your participation in a variety of ways.
    这对磨刀石是一个机会你多种方法的参与。
18. Personally, this is a skill I have to hone.
    就个人来说，我也需要修炼这种技术。
19. Hone the work of international trade for many years I have become a stable, confident and carefully, and the more I exercise patience and communication.
    多年国际贸易工作磨练了我成为稳重，信心，细心，更锻炼了我的耐心和交际。
20. They hone their skills in their everyday lives.
    他们在日常生活中磨炼才能。
21. Once you hone your communication skills, you'll see results.
    一旦你锻炼了你的交际技巧，你将看到结果。
22. China and India both have big domestic markets where companies can hone their skills before venturing overseas.
    中国和印度都拥有巨大的国内市场，企业到海外探险之前可以先在国内磨练技能。
23. Over the years practice have helped me hone my skill and develop into a better writer.
    近几年来，实践帮助我提高了自己的技能，使我成为一名更加优秀的作家。
24. If you do not know how to hand hone a hook, you should learn.
    如果你不知道怎么手一钩骨，你要学习。
25. HONE: To smooth or finish; to polish. A process used to smooth a ground surface.
    珩磨：对磨加工过的表面进一步进行抛光、磨光处理。
26. But until you adapt and hone your skills in these areas, you may find yourself short on food.
    但你在这些地方学会适应，并且磨练你的技能的时候，你会发现自己缺乏食物。
27. Participants will have more practice and rehearsal opportunities to hone their acting skills.
    参加者将有更多时间排练小品和练习对白。
28. Working on this project has helped me hone my programming skills on real-life problems.
    这个项目很好地锻炼了我解决实际问题是需要的编程技术。
29. Now that we have got the machines all fixed, we need to hone in on the quality control.
    现在我们把机器都修好了，那就要把注意力转向质量控制上面了。
30. Other villagers brought me goat's cheese and hone.
    其他村民给我带来了羊奶干酪和磨石。

noun

1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone

verb

1. make perfect or complete
   1. perfect your French in Paris!

   Synonym:    perfect

2. sharpen with a hone
   1. hone a knife