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