intensify
英 [?n'tens?fa?]
美 [?n't?ns?fa?]
- vi. 增強，強化；變激烈
- vt. 使加強，使強化；使變激烈
助記提示
1. in- + tens- + -e.
2. 該詞由intend的拉丁語對應(yīng)詞的過去分詞衍生而來，由此取其形容詞含義，表示動作已經(jīng)發(fā)生后的結(jié)果或狀態(tài)。
3. 含義：the state that have stretched on sth, description the state of sth that have stretched.
4. 也就是形容針對、在對某事物(sth)進行拉扯后所形成的狀態(tài)。
5. => 劇烈的，強烈的；緊張的；熱烈的。
6. intense + -ify (make) => intensify.
7. => make intension, make intensity.
中文詞源
intensify 使加劇，強化來自intense,劇烈的，強烈的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
- 這可能會加劇爆發(fā)核戰(zhàn)爭的危險。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
- 沖突幾乎注定會加劇。
來自辭典例句
- 3. We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.
- 我們必須加強自己部隊的教育工作.
來自辭典例句
- 4. In the Sunbelt states competition for land and water will intensify.
- 在陽光充足地帶的一些州,對土地和水的爭奪會很激烈.
來自辭典例句
- 5. We should intensify our efforts to establish Party organizations in mass organizations and intermediaries.
- 加大在社會團體和社會中介組織中建立黨組織的工作力度.
來自漢英非文學(xué) - 十六大報告