desensitize
/ˌdiːˈsensɪtaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
1- make less sensitive降低…的敏感度：
creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection.
减少注射处皮肤敏感度的护肤霜。
1.1
- make (someone) less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty, violence, or suffering by overexposure to such images使（人）对残暴行为麻木不仁：
as adj. desensitized people who view such movies become desensitized to violence.看这类电影的人对暴力变得麻木不仁。
1.2
- free (someone) from a phobia or neurosis by gradually exposing them to the thing that is feared消除（某人）的恐惧症。见SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION.
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