desensitize

vt. 使麻木不仁, 使不敏感 [医] 脱敏[感], 失敏[感]

发音

US /diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/
其它
UK /diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/
US /-ətaɪz/
UK /-ətaɪz/

词形变化

desensitized desensitizes 三单 desensitizes desensitizing desensitizing 现在分词 desensitized 过去式 desensitized 过去分词

别名

desensitise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

    To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.

    及物/不及物 医学 心理学
  2. 2.

    To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

    To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.

    及物/不及物 媒体 印刷
  3. 3.

    To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

    To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.

    及物/不及物

    Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.

  4. 4.

    To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

    To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.

    及物/不及物
  5. 5.

    To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive.

    To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.

    及物/不及物 艺术

词汇关系

词源

From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s.

来源:wiktionary