sensitize

英 ['sensətaɪz] 美 ['sensətaɪz]

• v. （使）敏感；（使）具有感光性；（使）意识到

英英释义

Verb:

1. make sensitive or aware;

   "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
   

2. cause to sense; make sensitive;

   "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
   "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
   

3. make sensitive to a drug or allergen;

   "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
   

4. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion;

   "sensitize the photographic film"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• alert 警觉的
• inform 通知
• explain 说明
• brief 短暂的
• warn 警告
• prepare 预备
• expose 揭露
• trigger 使发生
• induce 引起
• provoke 激怒
• set off 出发，动身
• sensitise (使)敏感
• sensibilise 使感觉敏锐
• sensify 使敏感
• sensibilize 使感觉敏锐

【反义词】

• desensitize 减少感光性