Old English scearplice "acutely, keenly; painfully, severely; attentively, quickly;" see sharp (adj.) + -ly (2). Old English also had adverbial form scearpe "sharply."
雙語例句
1. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明過人的模樣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.
在東京市場早市開盤時，美元對日元的比價急劇下跌。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation.
原先蘋果酒里的任何雜質(zhì)在蒸餾后都會凸現(xiàn)出來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.
每日傷亡人數(shù)已經(jīng)大大減少。
來自柯林斯例句
5. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply.