| 释义 |
Adjective: sensitizing- Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
- sensitising [Brit]
Noun: sensitizing- Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- sensitising [Brit], sensitization, sensitisation [Brit]
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]
See also: predisposition, sensitivity, sensitization, sensitizer Type of: alter, change, immunisation [Brit], immunization, modify Antonym: desensitize, desensitizing Encyclopedia: Sensitize |