intensify
/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/verb
(-ies, -ied)
1
- become or make more intense（使）变强; 加强, 加剧：
no obj. the dispute began to intensify争吵开始加剧
with obj. they had intensified their military campaign.他们加强了军事进攻。
2
- with obj. Photography increase the opacity of (a negative) using a chemical【摄】增强（底片）的阻光度, 增加（底片）的厚度：
the negative may be intensified with bichloride.
底片可用二氯化物加厚。
派生词
intensification
noun词源
early 19th cent.: coined by Coleridge.