sensitize /ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz/ ( sensitizing, sensitized, sensitizes )

BRIT also sensitise

• 1. 

  V-T If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. 使...意识到 [正式]

  例：

  It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues.

  让人们意识到抑郁症不仅是沮丧，这点似乎是重要的。

  例：

  How many judges in our male-dominated courts are sensitized to women's issues?

  在男性占主导的法庭上，会有多少法官对妇女问题敏感呢？

• 2. 

  V-T If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it. 反应敏感 [usu passive]

  例：

  Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized.

  肌肤容易受刺激，粗糙和敏感。

  例：

  ...sensitized nerve endings.

  ...敏感的神经末梢。