desensitize
verb(British English also desensitise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they desensitize | |
| he / she / it desensitizes | |
| past simple desensitized | |
| past participle desensitized | |
| -ing form desensitizing |
- [usually passive]
to make somebody/something less aware of something as a problem by making them become used to it 使（尤指对不好的事）不再敏感 - desensitize somebody/something (specialist)
to treat somebody/something so that they will stop being sensitive to physical or chemical changes, or to a particular substance 使脱敏；降低敏感反应 There is no effective serum to desensitize people who are allergic to fleas. 对跳蚤过敏的人没有有效的血清脱敏。