desensitize是什么意思？

desensitize

英[ˌdi:ˈsensətaɪz] 美[diˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz]

• vt. 减少感光性，使不敏感；

第三人称单数：desensitizes;

过去式：desensitized;

过去分词：desensitized;

现在分词：desensitizing;

名词：desensitization;

例句

• Various studies indicate that a constant release of monoamines can desensitize the neurotransmitters'receptors. 各种研究都指出,持续释出单胺类会降低神经传递物受体的敏感度.
• People who suffer from allergies can sometimes be injections to help desensitize them. 患过敏反应的人有时可用注射针剂以帮助脱敏.
• Even worse, by focusing only on their genital contact, they may gradually desensitize other erogenous zones. 甚至更为糟糕的是, 只是沉溺于生殖器官的接触, 他们也许会逐渐失去其他性敏感区的敏感性.
• ...the language that is used to desensitize us to the terrible reality of war... 旨在让我们对战争的残酷现实无动于衷的语言

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使不敏感;使麻木;使无情
  To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
  例句
  ...the language that is used to desensitize us to the terrible reality of war... 旨在让我们对战争的残酷现实无动于衷的语言 Your immune system has been desensitized because it has become used to the substance. 你的免疫系统已经因习惯了这种物质而不再敏感。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. cause not to be sensitive;
  "The war desensitized many soldiers""The photographic plate was desensitized"
  2. make insensitive;
  "His military training desensitized him"

行业词典

• 医学： 脱敏；去感觉：切断或阻断感觉神经引起麻痹；