释义 |
Adjective: intensifying `in'tensu`fIing- Increasing in strength or intensity
Verb: intensify in'tensu`fI- Increase in extent or intensity
- escalate, step up - Make more intense, stronger, or more marked
"The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" - compound, heighten, deepen - Become more intense
"The debate intensified" - deepen - Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
See also: aggravating, augmentative, deepening, enhancive, exacerbating, exasperating, heightening, intensification, intensifier, intensity, thickening Type of: alter, change, increase, modify Antonym: moderating |