intensify
英 [?n'tens?fa?]
美[?n't?ns?fa?]
- vi. 增強(qiáng)，強(qiáng)化；變激烈
- vt. 使加強(qiáng)，使強(qiáng)化；使變激烈
英英釋意
- 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
