intensify

英 [ɪn'tensɪfaɪ] 美[ɪn'tɛnsɪfaɪ]

• vi. 增强，强化；变激烈
• vt. 使加强，使强化；使变激烈

1. increase in extent or intensity;

"The Allies escalated the bombing"

2. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

"The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"

"Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"

"This event only deepened my convictions"

3. become more intense;

"The debate intensified"

"His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

4. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark