There is an acute shortage of water.
水严重短缺。
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acute pain
剧痛
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the world's acute environmental problems
全球十分严重的环境问题
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Competition for jobs is acute.
求职竞争非常激烈。
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acute appendicitis
急性阑尾炎
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Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
狗的嗅觉灵敏。
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He is an acute observer of the social scene.
他是个敏锐的社会现状观察者。
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Her judgement is acute.
她的判断敏锐。
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The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government...
报告将政府置于窘境。
...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.
患急性风湿性关节炎的病人
...an acute case of dysentery.
急性痢疾病例
In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
黑暗中我的听觉变得异常灵敏。
Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful...
虽已年届九旬，她依然头脑敏锐，个性很强。
His relaxed exterior hides an extremely acute mind.
他表面上大大咧咧，内心却无比敏锐。
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
Then the pain became even more acute.
痛乃逾甚.
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A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期.
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The characters always after the same things.
人物背后的故事都一样.
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Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
狗的嗅觉很灵敏.
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They think his mother's illness is acute rather than chronic.
他们认为他母亲的病是急性的,不是慢性的.
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The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.
这一出版物是为满足急需而出版的.
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He suffers from acute depression.
他患有严重的忧郁症.
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The patient died from acute cerebral haemorrhage.
患者死于急性脑溢血.
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A bad tooth can cause acute pain.
一颗蛀牙可以引起激烈的疼痛.
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Because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression, like the disciplines of metre and rhyme (韵律), spur creative thought
出自-2013年12月阅读原文As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.
2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ"acute appendicitis"
"the acute phase of the illness"
"acute patients"
"acute pain"
"felt acute annoyance"
"intense itching and burning"
"an acute observer of politics and politicians"
"incisive comments"
"icy knifelike reasoning"
"as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"
"penetrating insight"
"frequent penetrative observations"
"an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
这些形容词均有"紧急的，严重的"之意。
