intensive
adj
1
(a) concentrating all one's effort on a specific area 集中的; 密集的
intensive bombardment of a town 密集轟擊某城鎮(zhèn)
intensive farming, ie aimed at producing large quantities of food by concentrating labour and care in small areas 集約耕作(旨在小塊土地上集中勞力精耕細(xì)作以獲高產(chǎn)的方法).
(b) involving hard work concentrated into a limited amount of time 在有限時(shí)間內(nèi)緊張工作的
They teach you English in an intensive course lasting just a week; it's quite an intensive few days! 他們用一周時(shí)間教速成英語(yǔ)課程, 那幾天可真緊張!
2 extremely thorough 徹底的: An intensive search failed to reveal any clues. 經(jīng)過(guò)徹底搜查未發(fā)現(xiàn)任何線索.
3 (grammar) giving force and emphasis 加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣的
In `It's a bloody miracle!', `bloody' is used as an intensive word. 在`It's a bloody miracle!'一句中, `bloody'是用作加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣的詞. intensive, n (grammar) intensive word; intensifier 增強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣的詞; 強(qiáng)調(diào)成分.