Old English scearplice "acutely, keenly; painfully, severely; attentively, quickly;" see sharp (adj.) + -ly (2). Old English also had adverbial form scearpe "sharply."
双语例句
1. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明过人的模样。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.
在东京市场早市开盘时，美元对日元的比价急剧下跌。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation.
原先苹果酒里的任何杂质在蒸馏后都会凸现出来。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.
每日伤亡人数已经大大减少。
来自柯林斯例句
5. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply.
