desensitize

verb

/diːˈsensətaɪz/

(British English also desensitise)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they desensitize	/diːˈsensətaɪz/ /diːˈsensətaɪz/
he / she / it desensitizes	/diːˈsensətaɪzɪz/ /diːˈsensətaɪzɪz/
past simple desensitized	/diːˈsensətaɪzd/ /diːˈsensətaɪzd/
past participle desensitized	/diːˈsensətaɪzd/ /diːˈsensətaɪzd/
-ing form desensitizing	/diːˈsensətaɪzɪŋ/ /diːˈsensətaɪzɪŋ/

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[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
- be/become desensitized (to something) People are increasingly becoming desensitized to violence on television.大众对电视上的暴力镜头越来越麻木了。
- Doctors and medical researchers have to become desensitised in order to do their jobs.医生和医学研究人员必须脱敏才能工作。
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。