desensitize

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/|/-ətaɪz/    美 /diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/|/-ətaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. 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. ambitransitive
    — Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.
  2. 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. ambitransitive
  3. 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. ambitransitive
  4. 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. ambitransitive
  5. 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. ambitransitive

词形变化

desensitizes present,singular,third-person desensitizing participle,present desensitized participle,past desensitized past desensitise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
desensitization desensitizer desensitizing nondesensitizing

词源

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