sensitize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
    — Anaphylaxis is the syndrome elicited in a hypersensitive subject upon subsequent exposure to the sensitizing antigen.
  2. To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
    — Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.
  3. To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light. transitive

词形变化

sensitizes present,singular,third-person sensitizing participle,present sensitized participle,past sensitized past sensitise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
chemosensitize hyposensitize photosensitize polysensitize presensitize radiosensitize resensitize sensitizable sensitizer supersensitize
相关词
sensitivize desensitize sensitive sensitization publicize

词源

Etymology tree
English sensitive
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English sensitize
From sensitive + -ize.
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