intense

英 [ɪn'tens] 美 [ɪn'tens]

• adj. 强大的；紧张的；强烈的；激烈的；深刻的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 强烈的,剧烈的; 极端的

   very great or severe; extreme

2. 热情的,热切的

   highly emotional

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 强烈的，剧烈的，极度的
2. 热情的，热切的
3. 紧张的
4. 认真的
5. 【摄】厚密度的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree;

   "intense heat"
   "intense anxiety"
   "intense desire"
   "intense emotion"
   "the skunk's intense acrid odor"
   "intense pain"
   "enemy fire was intense"
   

2. extremely sharp or intense;

   "acute pain"
   "felt acute annoyance"
   "intense itching and burning"
   

3. (of color) having the highest saturation;

   "vivid green"
   "intense blue"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He's been under intense pressure.
   他面对着很大的压力。
2. My work is so intense that I even have no time to take a rest.
   我的工作非常紧张，以致于我没有时间休息。
3. Her feelings are so intense as to move the present into tears.
   她的感情如此之切,使在场的人都流下了眼泪。
4. There was intense competition between the rival companies to get the contract.
   为得到这份合同,各不相让的两家公司展开了激烈的竞争。
5. He looked at his fiancee with intense emotions.
   他满含深情地看着他的未婚妻。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Susan was an intense young lady.
   苏珊是一个热情的年轻姑娘。
2. She's a very intense person who cares deeply about everything.
   她是一个非常热心的人,对每一件事情都极为关切。
3. He felt an intense pain in his leg.
   他感到腿部疼得厉害。
4. They had an intense discussion.
   他们进行了认真的讨论。
5. The patient has an intense will to recover.
   那个病人热切地希望恢复健康。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Her dislike for Dick was intense.
   她对迪克怀有强烈的憎恶。
2. The heat from the furnace is intense.
   熔炉的热度很高。
3. I find her exhausting to be with—she's too intense.
   我感到和她在一起很累,她这个人太热情了。

经典引文

• She felt an intense morbid solicitude.

  出自： E. Bowen

• Though it was not yet noon, the heat was intense.

  出自： R. Silverberg

• The pressure of human crowding is most intense in the cities.

  出自：Atlantic Monthly

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• intense cold〔heat〕 酷冷〔酷热〕
• intense pain 剧痛

副词+～

• unusually intense 异常强烈

动词+～

• become intense 日益激化

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

intense, intensive

• 这两个词均可表示“强烈的”。intense用来形容某种性质或感情,表示很高或达到极端的程度; intensive含有intense的意思,但更强调“精细的,集中的”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的intensus，意为绷紧的，剧烈的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• earnest
• extreme
• powerful
• sharp
• strong

【反义词】

• easy
• gentle
• mild
• weak