intensify
verb🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/
🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intensify | 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it intensifies | 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/ 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple intensified | 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle intensified | 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form intensifying | 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
to increase in degree or strength; to make something increase in degree or strength （使）加强，增强，加剧 Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。 🔊🔊 The fighting in the area has intensified sharply. 该地区的战事陡然升级。 - intensify something
The opposition leader has intensified his attacks on the government. 反对派领袖加强了对政府的攻击。 🔊🔊 The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants. 这些改革只是让贫困农民的日子更苦了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- dramatically
- rapidly
- …
- seem to
- tend to
- be likely to
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined by Coleridge.