intensify

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintensifyin‧ten‧si‧fy /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ AWL verb (intensified, intensifying, intensifies) [intransitive, transitive] INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCto increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this In June the civil war intensified. His mother’s death intensified his loneliness. —intensification /ɪnˌtensɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [singular, uncountable] an intensification of fighting in the region→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusintensify• Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, racism and bigotry intensified.• The controversy is only expected to intensify.• The dizzy feeling in her head intensified, and she knew she was about to black out.• The fighting intensified and spread through the city.• The latest merger will intensify competition among defense companies.• Winds intensified during the afternoon.• As the season intensifies, quarterback Young will need to work on his fitness.• Police have now intensified the search for the lost child.• We have no choice but to intensify the strike campaign.

单词	intensify
释义	intensify From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintensifyin‧ten‧si‧fy /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ ●○○ AWL verb (intensified, intensifying, intensifies) [intransitive, transitive] INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCto increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this In June the civil war intensified. His mother’s death intensified his loneliness. —intensification /ɪnˌtensɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [singular, uncountable] an intensification of fighting in the region→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusintensify• Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, racism and bigotry intensified.• The controversy is only expected to intensify.• The dizzy feeling in her head intensified, and she knew she was about to black out.• The fighting intensified and spread through the city.• The latest merger will intensify competition among defense companies.• Winds intensified during the afternoon.• As the season intensifies, quarterback Young will need to work on his fitness.• Police have now intensified the search for the lost child.• We have no choice but to intensify the strike campaign.
随便看	have the wit to do have the wit to do something have the world at your feet have the worst of it have the/a ring of something have thick skin have thin skin have time have time (to do something) have time etc on your side have time for have time for something have time on your hands to kill have time on your hands/time to kill have time on your time to kill have time to do have time/luck/God/right etc on your side have to do have to do have to do something have to fall back on have to herself have to himself have to myself have to offer