de.sen.si.tize
v.tr.（及物动词）de.sen.si.tized,de.sen.si.tiz.ing,de.sen.si.tiz.es To render insensitive or less sensitive.使降低敏感性：使不敏感或降低敏感性Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.【免疫学】 使减感：使（某个体）对某抗原不敏感或不发生反应To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks:使麻木：由于长期或反复地受到震惊使情感上不敏感或无反应：例句：.The successive assassinations and attempts, not just on Presidential figures but on Martin Luther King Jr. and others, have desensitized us.(Anthony Lewis).不仅仅是对总统级的人物，而且有对马丁·路德和其他人的连续的暗杀或企图，使我们变得冷漠麻木了.(安东尼·刘易斯)
To make (a photographic film or substance) less sensitive to light.减低感光性：降低（照相底片）对光的敏感性
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desen.sitiza.tion
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