involving a lot of work or activity done in a short time 短时间内集中紧张进行的；密集的 an intensive language course 速成语言课程 two weeks of intensive training 两周的强化训练 intensive diplomatic negotiations 紧张的外交谈判 highly intensive courses for business and professional people 为商务和职业人士开设的高度强化课程
Which Word? intense / intensiveintense / intensiveBoth these words can describe something that involves a lot of action in a short period of time.Topics Working lifec1- intense can often suggest somebody's feelings about the thing being described:
The course was really intense—I found it difficult to wind down at the end of each day. 这门课非常紧张——我发现每天结束时很难放松下来。
- intensive is a more objective description:
The five-day intensive course runs from 24 to 28 July. 为期五天的强化课程于7月24日至28日进行。
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complete and extremely detailed; done with a lot of care 彻底的；十分细致的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of methods of farming 农业方法 aimed at producing as much food as possible using as little land or as little money as possible 集约的 Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions. 按传统方式饲养的家畜比集约饲养的长得慢。 intensive agriculture 集约农业
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see also capital-intensive, labour-intensive
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘vehement, intense’): from French intensif, -ive or medieval Latin intensivus, from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.