intensify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render more intense. transitive
    — to intensify the heat or cold
  2. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. intransitive
    — Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

词形变化

intensifies present,singular,third-person intensifying participle,present intensified participle,past intensified past

词汇关系

衍生词
reintensify
相关词
intensification

词源

From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.
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