acute

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acute 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 尖锐的, 敏锐的, 激烈的, 严重的, 急性的

[医] 急性的; 尖锐的

英文释义

a. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

s. extremely sharp or intense

s. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

a. of an angle; less than 90 degrees

acute 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 acute 在自然语境里怎么用：

Advances in treatment may turn diseases like cancer into manageable chronic conditions rather than acute crises.

—— Top Futurist Sees Major Disruption Ahead For Healthcare

It also focused on acute inflammation just after heart attacks, not the chronic inflammation of atherosclerosis.

—— New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

And this problem is particularly acute at a time when liberalism is challenged by actually possible alternatives.

—— Cass Sunstein: “To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn’t a force in history. It’s not Voldemort”

Googling treatments for acute grief, I came across eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, a therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.

—— On Losing a Daughter

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