sensitize

sensitize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [with obj.]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。
    ■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。
    ■(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。
派生
sensitization
noun
sensitizer
noun
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