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