deepen

英 ['diːpən] 美 ['diːpən]

• vt. 使 ... 加深； 使 ... 强烈
• vi. 加深； 变浓

英英释义

Verb:

1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

   "The efforts were intensified"
   "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
   "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"
   "This event only deepened my convictions"
   

2. become more intense;

   "The debate intensified"
   "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
   

3. make deeper;

   "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
   

4. become deeper in tone;

   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"
   "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. May our partnership deepen and prosper.
   预祝我们的伙伴关系不断加深和发展。
2. This will inevitably deepen the gloom over Iraq.
   如此势必加深笼罩于伊拉克上空的阴霾。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. May our partnership deepen and prosper.
   预祝我们的伙伴关系不断加深和发展。
2. This will inevitably deepen the gloom over Iraq.
   如此势必加深笼罩于伊拉克上空的阴霾。

经典引文

• He..heightened the ditches, deepened the trenches.

  出自： J. Stow

• The religious business began to deepen its hold on her.

  出自： S. King

近反义词

【近义词】

• intensify 增强
• excavate 挖掘
• heighten 增加
• increase 增加
• strengthen 加强
• dig out 挖出
• scoop out 舀出
• hollow out 挖空
• extend 延伸
• expand 使 ... 膨胀
• accumulate 积累
• concentrate 专心
• develop 发展
• grow 增加
• dredge 用挖泥机疏浚...
• dig 挖
• reinforce 加固
• redouble 加倍
• amplify 扩大
• augment 增加
• thicken 变浓
• aggrandize 增加
• highlight 强调
• accentuate 重读
• broaden 变宽
• cut out 切断
• add to 增加
• out 出
• scoop 铲子
• cut 切
• add 加
• to 对于
• change 变化
• compound 化合物