| 单词 | intensify |
| 释义 | intensify (once / 927 pages) v To intensify is to increase the intensity, force, or power of something. If you snap a selfie and the colors aren't intense enough, you may be able to intensify them with a photo editor. You can see the word "intense" in intensify, which clues you in to the meaning of the verb. When you make something more intense, you intensify it — make it more of whatever it is. Believe it or not, a pinch of salt can actually intensify the sweetness of the sugar in a cake. It makes it even sweeter. Storm chasers never know whether a tornado will continue to intensify or begin to abate as they approach — and the difference could mean life or death for them. WORD FAMILYintensify: intensification, intensified, intensifier, intensifies, intensifying+/intensification: intensifications/intensifier: intensifiers USAGE EXAMPLESLabor groups, frustrated by the Republican Congress, will no doubt intensify their push for city and county minimum wages instead. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) It was as if their bodies were intensifying their effort to pull the contestants back to their original weight. New York Times(May 02, 2016) Reliability improves because of intensified repairs and maintenance under the SafeTrack program. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1v increase in extent or intensity Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper escalate, step up de-escalate, step down, weaken reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of redouble double in magnitude, extent, or intensity increase make bigger or more 2v make more intense, stronger, or more marked "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her Syn|Hypo|Hyper compound, deepen, heighten heat up, hot up, screw up make more intense fanmake (an emotion) fiercer enhance, heighten, raiseincrease amplifyincrease the volume of sharpenmake crisp or more crisp and precise heighten, sharpenmake (one's senses) more acute potentiateincrease the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) subtilise, subtilizemake (senses) more keen increase become bigger or greater in amount 3v make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v become more intense The debate intensified Syn|Hypo|Hyper deepen build develop and grow redoublemake twice as great or intense break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupterupt or intensify suddenly condensebecome more compact or concentrated sharpenbecome sharp or sharper accelerate, quicken, speed, speed upmove faster brisk, brisk up, briskenbecome brisk increase become bigger or greater in amount |
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