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单词 intensify
释义 in·ten·si·fy
\-ˌfī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: intense + -ify
transitive verb
1. : to make intense or more intensive : strengthen, increase, deepen
 < are intensifying our sales effort — Wall Street Journal >
 < intensify farming on a wide scale — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
2.
 a. : to increase the density and contrast of (an image on a photographic film or plate) by treating with any of various reagents that act either by producing an additional deposit or by rendering the original deposit more opaque
 b. : to make more acute : sharpen
  < intensify still more the resultant problems of health and nutrition — R.W.Steel >
intransitive verb
: to become intense or more intense: as
 a. : to grow stronger : increase, deepen
  < within her own narrowed sphere her sympathies seemed to intensifyMcGill News >
 b. : to grow sharper or more acute
  < the drought has intensified and spread — K.S.Davis >
  < rivalry among the three departments … is intensifyingNewsweek >
Synonyms:
 aggravate, heighten, enhance: intensify indicates a deepening or strengthening until very noticeable or unusually deep or strong
  < in the lustrous air all colors were intensified — Mary Webb >
  < the depression of the early thirties intensified his dissatisfaction with the capitalist system — Granville Hicks >
  aggravate, often used in connection with the unpleasant or evil, applies to an increase in seriousness and demand for attention
  < the external symptoms of decline have served to aggravate long existing internal tensions — J.G.Colton >
  < the din of its two small rooms aggravated by the peripheral racket that came from the kitchen — Jean Stafford >
  heighten may suggest a lifting above the ordinary or accustomed
  < a painter discards many trivial points of exactness, in order to heighten the truthfulness of a few fundamentals — C.E.Montague >
  < a dramatic incident may heighten the popular indignation that leads toward war — Dexter Perkins >
  enhance suggests a lifting or strengthening above normal, especially in attractiveness, desirability, or value
  < the charm of this wild land is enhanced by the presence of deer and the famous forest ponies — S.P.B.Mais >
  < a blue serge suit freshly pressed which enhanced the impression he gave of neatness and cleanliness — Henry Miller >
  < the political prestige of the C.I.O. was enhanced by the election — Collier's Year Book >
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