1. The current generation of home-aloners came of age during Europe's shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American-style capitalism. 现在这一代的独居者是在欧洲从社会民主主义向更尖锐、更个人主义的美国式资本主义倾向转变的过程中成长起来的。
2. The issue must be brought into sharper focus. 必须使这个问题成为焦点。
3. As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper. 随着孩子们长大,他们的认知过程也变得越来越敏锐了。
4. "It grows sharper," he said; "yes, it grows sharper." “它变得更锋利了,”他说,“是的,它变得更锋利了。”
5. But, in recent days, his tone has gotten sharper. 但是最近几天,他的语调变得更加尖锐。