vt.

加強，增強；使變激烈His absence only intensified her longing.他不在身邊唯使她愈益渴念。

【攝】加強（明暗度），強化（潛影）

vi.

增強，強化；變激烈The war intensified.戰爭變得激烈了。

衍生

n.

intensifier

n. [U]

intensification

辨析

同義參見:

aggrandize

reinforce

concentrate

compound2

emphasize

magnify

accentuate

amplify

brighten

deepen

whet

wax2

highlight

thicken

strengthen

反義參見:

temper

relieve

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

v.

(intensifies, intensifying, intensified) make or become more intense.Photography increase the opacity of (a negative) using a chemical.

Derivative

intensification n.

Etymology

C19: coined by Coleridge.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》