acute + noun (severity)
常用于描述疾病、疼痛等的严重程度。
He was rushed to hospital with acute abdominal pain.
他因剧烈腹痛被紧急送往医院。
剧烈的;强烈的;敏锐的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
剧烈的;强烈的;敏锐的
extremely sharp or intense; keen or sensitive in perception
He was rushed to hospital with acute abdominal pain.
他因剧烈腹痛被紧急送往医院。
表感官或思维敏锐时,如 acute hearing/mind
短暂的、迅速的、短的
Brief, quick, short.
高亢或尖锐的
High or shrill.
(疾病)急性的,起病急、病程短且严重的
having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
强烈的、敏锐的、尖锐的
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
The patient felt acute pain in his chest.
病人感到胸口剧烈的疼痛。
AI contextual example
She has an acute sense of smell.
她有敏锐的嗅觉。
AI contextual example
A triangle can have three acute angles.
三角形可以有三个锐角。
AI contextual example
acute appendicitis
急性阑尾炎。
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常用于描述疾病、疼痛等的严重程度。
He was rushed to hospital with acute abdominal pain.
他因剧烈腹痛被紧急送往医院。
用于描述感官或智力敏锐。
She has an acute sense of smell.
她有敏锐的嗅觉。
几何术语。
An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.
锐角小于90度。
Not this
She is very acute.
Use this
She is very cute.
混淆了acute与cute。acute意为'敏锐的'或'严重的',而cute意为'可爱的'。两词发音相似但意义不同,学习者常受发音干扰误用。
Not this
This knife is acute.
Use this
This knife is sharp.
误用acute表示物理锋利。acute常形容抽象概念(如疼痛、问题)或角度,描述刀刃锋利应用sharp。受中文'尖锐'一词的多义性影响。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
剧痛
He felt acute pain in his chest.
他感到胸部剧痛。
急性病
Acute disease requires immediate treatment.
急性病需要立即治疗。
锐角
An acute angle is smaller than a right angle.
锐角小于直角。
严重短缺
The city faces an acute shortage of clean water.
这座城市面临清洁用水的严重短缺。
敏锐的听力
The owl has acute hearing.
猫头鹰有敏锐的听力。
敏锐的意识
She has acute awareness of the risks.
她对风险有敏锐的意识。
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把 acute 听成 a cute(可爱的):想象一个可爱的小锐角,又尖又敏锐,急病来得快而猛。
语域:mixed 常见场景:health/medicine、news/formal writing、everyday conversation 急性/剧烈/紧急这层意思使用范围较广:日常口语和书面语都常见,医学语境中较正式。通常用于描述疼痛、问题、短缺或形势等。
以上单词除 cut 外,重读音节都包含 /uːt/,与 acute /əˈkjuːt/ 押韵。注意 acute 开头的 a 读 /ə/,不要读成 /æ/;其中的 cu 读 /kjuː/,不能像 cut 那样读成 /kʌt/。chute 的 ch 读 /ʃ/,但结尾音仍与 acute 相同。
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