sensitize
verb(British English also sensitise)
[usually passive]- sensitize somebody/something (to something)
to make somebody/something more aware of something, especially a problem or something bad 使敏感（尤指对问题或不好的事）；使意识到 - sensitize somebody/something (to something) (specialist)
to make somebody/something sensitive to physical or chemical changes, or to a particular substance 使对…过敏 Anxious people can become acutely sensitized to their bodies, noticing and focussing on minor bodily changes. 焦虑的人会对自己的身体变得非常敏感，注意并关注身体的微小变化。