释义 |
Verb: sensitize 'sensi`tIz- Make sensitive or aware
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" - sensitise [Brit], sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise [Brit] - Cause to sense; make sensitive
"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" - sensitise [Brit] - Make sensitive to a drug or allergen
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" - sensitise [Brit] - Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
"sensitize the photographic film" - sensitise [Brit]
Derived forms: sensitized, sensitizing, sensitizes See also: sensitization, sensitizer Type of: alter, change, modify Antonym: desensitize Encyclopedia: Sensitize |