intensify
英 [ɪn'tensɪfaɪ]
美 [ɪn'tɛnsɪfaɪ]
- vi. 增强，强化；变激烈
- vt. 使加强，使强化；使变激烈
助记提示
1. in- + tens- + -e.
2. 该词由intend的拉丁语对应词的过去分词衍生而来，由此取其形容词含义，表示动作已经发生后的结果或状态。
3. 含义：the state that have stretched on sth, description the state of sth that have stretched.
4. 也就是形容针对、在对某事物(sth)进行拉扯后所形成的状态。
5. => 剧烈的，强烈的；紧张的；热烈的。
6. intense + -ify (make) => intensify.
7. => make intension, make intensity.
中文词源
intensify 使加剧，强化来自intense,剧烈的，强烈的。
英文词源
- intensify (v.)
- 1817, from intense + -ify, first attested in Coleridge, in place of intend, which he said no longer was felt as connected with intense. Middle English used intensen (v.) "to increase (something), strengthen, intensify," early 15c. Related: Intensified; intensifying.
双语例句
- 1. This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
- 这可能会加剧爆发核战争的危险。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
- 冲突几乎注定会加剧。
来自辞典例句
- 3. We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.
- 我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作.
来自辞典例句
- 4. In the Sunbelt states competition for land and water will intensify.
- 在阳光充足地带的一些州,对土地和水的争夺会很激烈.
来自辞典例句
- 5. We should intensify our efforts to establish Party organizations in mass organizations and intermediaries.
- 加大在社会团体和社会中介组织中建立党组织的工作力度.
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