sensitize
/ˈsensɪtaɪz/(亦作 -ise)
verb
with obj.
1- cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive使敏感：
the introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course.
引言一节的目的是使学生对本课程的方法论敏感。
1.1
- make (photographic film) sensitive to light使（照相胶卷）感光：
the kit sensitizes any 35 mm film in hours.
这套用具能使35毫米胶卷在数小时内感光。
1.2
- （常作be sensitized to）make (an organism) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance使（有机体）敏感：
the workers had been immunologically sensitized to the enzyme.
工人们已在免疫系统上对酶过敏了。
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