单词 | intensify |
释义 | intensify (ɪntensɪfaɪ ) Word forms: intensifies , intensifying , intensified verb If you intensify something or if it intensifies, it becomes greater in strength, amount, or degree. Britain is intensifying its efforts to secure the release of the hostages. [VERB noun] The conflict is almost bound to intensify. [VERB] Synonyms: escalate, increase, extend, widen intensification (ɪntensɪfɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun The intensification of the debt crisis was hurting the entire region. [+ of] Synonyms: increase, rise, build-up, expansion Collocations: intensify fear Record numbers of drones are drifting into the flight paths of aircraft taking off and landing at major airports, intensifying fears of a mid-air collision. Times, Sunday Times Analysts attributed yesterday's rout of banking shares to intensified fears about the euro sovereign debt crisis and uncertainty about politicians' willingness to take control of the increasingly perilous situation. Times, Sunday Times With medical stories breaking in the news every day, information overload can also intensify fears. Times, Sunday Times Yet, squeezed between the vagaries of the commodity markets and the power of oligopolies, many are being forced to intensify further rather than farm more sustainably. Times, Sunday Times During the next day the system performed a small anti-clockwise cyclonic loop and started to intensify further while attaining a better cloud organization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Increasing wind shear inhibited any development, and the system failed to intensify further as it moved southward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Like the previous two tropical cyclone, this storm had a peak of 50 mph (80 km/h), and did not intensify further. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, the storm had begun developing an eyewall, an indication that the system was likely to intensify further. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mammoth potential awards will intensify pressure on the government to step in. Times, Sunday Times Details of how data, some of which identify an individual, are being mined and distributed will intensify pressure on technology firms already under fire from privacy campaigners. Times, Sunday Times The disclosures intensified pressure on ministers to act. Times, Sunday Times Taxes on the working age population will increase in some form, thereby intensifying pressures on living standards. Times, Sunday Times This, combined with nearly a decade of wage pressure and inadequate workforce planning, has intensified pressures. Times, Sunday Times The extra support will intensify the emotions and hopefully give us wonderful memories. The Sun Writing on the road when you're tired intensifies that emotion. The Sun How to twist a figure into a pose that intensifies the emotion? Times, Sunday Times In each case, the verse form's distancing effect contains and intensifies the emotion. The Times Literary Supplement The song incorporates polyphony and intensifies their emotions as it builds to a crescendo. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The playing board upon which journalists can operate around these groups shrinks by the day as the war intensifies. Times, Sunday Times As the war intensifies, the line between the forces of good and evil become increasingly blurry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the war intensifies, adult villagers are recruited into the civil defense force to protect the village border. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 强化 Japanese: 強める/強まる |
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