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intensify

英 [ɪn'tensɪfaɪ] 美[ɪn'tɛnsɪfaɪ]
  • vi. 增强,强化;变激烈
  • vt. 使加强,使强化;使变激烈

英英释意


1. increase in extent or intensity;
"The Allies escalated the bombing"
2. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
"The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
"Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
"This event only deepened my convictions"
3. become more intense;
"The debate intensified"
"His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
4. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark