desensitize

US [diˈsensəˌtaɪz]
UK [diːˈsensətaɪz]
  • v.使(尤指对不好的事)不再敏感;使脱敏;降低敏感反应
  • Web使麻木不仁;使不敏感;减少感光性
Simple Present:desensitizes  Present Participle:desensitizing  Past Tense:desensitized  
desensitize
v.
1.
~ sb/sth (to sth)
使(尤指对不好的事)不再敏感to make sb/sth less aware of sth, especially a problem or sth bad, by making them become used to it
People are increasingly becoming desensitized to violence on television.
大众对电视上的暴力镜头越来越麻木了。
2.
~ sb/sth
使脱敏;降低敏感反应to treat sb/sth so that they will stop being sensitive to physical or chemical changes, or to a particular substance

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