potentiate

英 [pə'tenʃɪeɪt] 美 [pə'tenʃɪˌeɪt]

• vt. 赋与力量；加强

英英释义

Verb:

1. increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon);

   "potentiate the drug"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Drugs potentiate the effect of alcohol.
   药物有加强酒精效果的作用。
2. In particular, we consider thrombotic complications, which constitute a major concern when agents that potentiate hemostasis are administered.
   尤其是着重注意了血栓性并发症，这一使用止血药物加强凝血功能时最常关心的问题。

经典引文

• Though the phenobarbitone had caused death, it had been potentiated by the alcohol.

  出自： Douglas Clark