intensify

英 [ɪn'tensɪfaɪ] 美 [ɪn'tensɪfaɪ]

• vt. 增强；强化；加剧

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 加剧

   (cause sth to) become more intense or intensive

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 加强，增强，使尖锐
2. 【摄】加厚，强化

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   "Pot smokers 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

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You must intensify your sense of responsibility.
   你必须加强责任感。
2. We need to intensify our effort to fight corruption and to prevent and eliminate its root causes.
   加大治本力度，从源头上预防和治理腐败。
3. Her anger intensified.
   她更加生气了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Blowing on fire intensifies the heat.
   吹火使热度加强。
2. The drought has intensified.
   旱情加剧了。
3. The pressures suddenly intensified.
   各种压力突然加强了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Lying down only intensified the pain.
   躺下反而加剧了疼痛。
2. Failure only intensified my desire to succeed.
   失败反而使我增强了获得成功的欲望。
3. The strong wind seemed to intensify the cold.
   猛烈的大风似乎使得天气更加寒冷。
4. A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky.
   纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。
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5. That process has been greatly intensified.
   那一过程被大大地加强了。
6. Efforts to search the injured men have been intensified because of a sudden deterioration in weather conditions.
   由于天气骤然变坏,寻找受伤人员的工作要加紧进行。

经典引文

• The oil boom has simply intensified Dubai's traditional buzz of water traffic.

  出自： J. Raban

• In psychosis all the emotions are enormously intensified.

  出自： N. Symington

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• intensify the cold 变得更加寒冷
• intensify the pain 加剧疼痛
• intensify one's struggle for peace 加强争取和平的斗争

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. intensify的基本意思是“增加程度或分量”,指深化或加强事物的本质特征。
2. intensify可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

intensify, aggravate, heighten

• 这组词都可表示“加剧”。其区别是：
• intensify指深化或加强事物的本质特征; aggravate指加剧令人不快或困难的形势; heighten指使某物的某种性质变得不同一般地显著或突出。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deepen 使 ... 加深
• strengthen 加强
• step up 增加
• build up 建立
• exaggerate 夸张
• increase 增加
• pile on 堆积(积累)
• aggrandize 增加
• magnify 放大
• concentrate 专心
• amplify 扩大
• accentuate 重读
• reinforce 加固
• emphasize 强调
• whet 磨
• highlight 强调
• brighten 使变亮
• thicken 变浓
• compound 化合物
• heighten 增加
• wax 蜡
• aggravate 恶化
• enhance 提高
• escalate 升级