| 单词 | intense |
| 释义 | intense (ɪntens ) 1. adjective Intense is used to describe something that is very great or extreme in strength or degree. He was sweating from the intense heat. Suddenly the room filled with intense light. Stevens's murder was the result of a deep-seated and intense hatred. His threats become more intense, agitated, and frequent. Synonyms: extreme, great, severe, fierce intensely adverb The fast-food business is intensely competitive. Synonyms: very, highly, extremely, greatly intensity (ɪntensɪti )Word forms: intensities variable noun [usually with poss] The attack was anticipated but its intensity came as a shock. Synonyms: force, power, strength, severity 2. adjective If you describe an activity as intense, you mean that it is very serious and concentrated, and often involves doing a great deal in a short time. The battle for third place was intense. The military on both sides are involved in intense activity. Synonyms: fierce, close, tough 3. adjective If you describe the way someone looks at you as intense, you mean that they look at you very directly and seem to know what you are thinking or feeling. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze. He gazed at me with those intense blue eyes. intensely adverb [ADVERB with verb] He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me. Synonyms: intently, deeply, seriously [informal], profoundly 4. adjective If you describe a person as intense, you mean that they appear to concentrate very hard on everything that they do, and they feel and show their emotions in a very extreme way. I know he's an intense player, but he does enjoy what he's doing. She is taller than I imagined, more adult, more intense. Synonyms: passionate, burning, earnest, emotional intensity uncountable noun His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me. Synonyms: passion, emotion, fervour, force Collocations: intense cold And the intense cold did nothing to help with a flu epidemic that was sweeping the country at the time. Times, Sunday Times Severe winters in the past were often punctuated by brief milder spells, followed by more intense cold. Times, Sunday Times An intense cold which grips my body and my heart. Times, Sunday Times They were, in fact, a mirage caused by warmer air lying over the intense cold air. Times, Sunday Times Intense cold has ensured that the planes have been preserved in good condition but has also made them almost inaccessible. Times, Sunday Times This reflected the intense interest in social networking companies. Times, Sunday Times As a result, his views are a mystery to the markets, which will be watching his confirmation hearings next year with intense interest. Times,Sunday Times Another interesting facet to their work was an intense interest in things that would appear trivial to most, such as ordinary factory components. Times, Sunday Times The numbers would be of intense interest to both potential investors and online rivals. The Sun In almost any setting, they have the capacity to ignite intense interest and passion. Christianity Today Beyond this 'event horizon' the intense light gives way to something even more exciting - absolute blackness. Times, Sunday Times A relentless and sometimes painfully intense light show proved another distraction. Times, Sunday Times Asthenopia corrects itself if we have a break from intense light and allow the eye muscles to relax. The Sun In stage one, bursts of intense light are directed at areas of uneven skin tone and sun damage to reduce pigmentation and visible blood vessels. Times, Sunday Times The application of the photoacoustic effect had to wait until the development of sensitive sensors and intense light sources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, there will be intense lobbying behind the scenes. Times, Sunday Times Members of the financial regulator met yesterday to discuss the issue but talks will continue amid intense lobbying from banks. The Sun Despite intense lobbying, the government was right to resist providing public money to prop up the airline. Times,Sunday Times His 200million about-turn follows an intense lobbying campaign by business groups. The Sun It had faced an intense lobbying campaign from the environmental movement. Times,Sunday Times He knew that he had won much, including intense loyalty from his aides, by throwing away the past. Times, Sunday Times Intense loyalties and partisanship in the stands had built up within a decade. Times, Sunday Times Long commanded the intense loyalties of a substantial proportion of the population..... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wild engendered intense loyalties among the people he knew. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a remarkable achievement balancing such problems against such intense opposition over so many years. Times, Sunday Times The oil giant had intended to mount a three-year drilling programme, but faced intense opposition from environmental protestors. Times, Sunday Times The project has already met intense opposition from local campaigners. Times, Sunday Times From the beginning, the plan met with intense opposition from neighboring landowners. Christianity Today When she voices her arguments, she incites intense opposition. Times, Sunday Times What, though, about sibling love, that no less intense passion that the best fairytales address time and again? Times, Sunday Times A choice must be made between a relationship based on friendship and a more intense passion. The Sun A love choice lines up between a gentle romance with plenty of potential or an intense passion. The Sun She took terrifying, unheard-of risks and loved the camera with an intense passion, bringing her incandescent charm to the entire world. Times, Sunday Times In love, you have a choice to make between a relationship based on intense passion and a gentler but richer romance. The Sun We've had such an intense period of disruption that it would actually be quite surprising if their weren't further changes next week. Times, Sunday Times All three are stone-cold classics and represent possibly the most intense period of brilliance in popular music. The Sun His aim was to record the words of these people who shared with him an intense period of collaboration but then went their separate ways. Times, Sunday Times That was the 'tip of the iceberg', he says today, 'of an incredibly intense period of anxiety'. Times, Sunday Times An intense period of love-talk leads to a deeper commitment. The Sun Brain scans have revealed why scratching an itch can afford such intense pleasure even to the point of bleeding. Times, Sunday Times What parts of the brain produce such intense pleasure, and can we use that in some way? Times, Sunday Times What was very evident whenever she spoke about a novel-in-progress was the intense pleasure writing gave her. Times, Sunday Times You will relish the simple, intense pleasure of having a roof and windows as you observe the rain being repeatedly rebuffed by them. Times, Sunday Times Much to my intense pleasure, he fell over almost immediately. Times, Sunday Times Once advisers are appointed, the company enters a phase of intense preparation for listing. Times, Sunday Times I do have times of intense preparation, of course. Christianity Today He provokes much of it by a photographic memory that greatly abetted his modus operandi: intense preparation. Times, Sunday Times Every programme was the subject of intense preparation. Times, Sunday Times They planned to cover the 2008 battle and the year-long intense preparation both sides undertake throughout the year leading up to the game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The comments will certainly crank up the already intense rivalry between the two teams. The Sun But it will be an intense rivalry for 90 minutes only - as they are best pals off the pitch. The Sun A whole history of intense rivalry at club level has surely been leading to this moment. Times, Sunday Times From then, being a friendship that mixed art and work and family and intense rivalry, it was never going to go smoothly. Times, Sunday Times It's a case of having an intense rivalry and you can't expect us to get on like a house on fire. Times, Sunday Times He weeps, with an intense sadness, at the death of porridge. Times, Sunday Times Everyone has low moods and moments of intense sadness. Times,Sunday Times In these instances, her art emits a note of intense sadness. Times, Sunday Times Everything, from the clutch of his fingertips through the fall of his shoulders to the way that his feet are so flatly planted, expresses intense sadness. Times, Sunday Times There are moods of intense sadness in the man. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intense schedule will require a squad of fast bowlers and the need to rotate. Times, Sunday Times At the regular series there were flanked almanacs, collections and reprints in an intense schedule of weekly, monthly and quarterly releases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stern was hired, for the same salary, but worked a more intense schedule. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to its massive budget, the band felt pressured into a more commercialized style and intense schedule that they have since criticized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, intense schedules have led to an emergence of high-profile cases of sick leave since the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times I'll do an intense session of two hours, working on speed, strength or technique. Times, Sunday Times He also came through an intense session with physios in a full ball-work session over the weekend. The Sun He said he had the stroke after an intense session on a rowing machine. Times, Sunday Times So focus on fun ways to satisfy each other when you're busy, then enjoy longer, more intense sessions when you get more time. The Sun Some of the intense sessions last for seven hours, with just a couple of breaks. The Sun The shift has provoked intense speculation in the airline world. Times, Sunday Times His promotion has been a matter of intense speculation for several months. Times, Sunday Times The stand-off's switch next season got the green light after months of intense speculation. The Sun Intense speculation was under way yesterday about the composition of the new cabinet. Times, Sunday Times The company's recent woes have triggered intense speculation that it could become a takeover target. Times, Sunday Times If a similar intense storm struck today it could be catastrophic - and it almost happened. Times, Sunday Times Violet was an intense storm, yet did not influence any landmass at or near peak intensity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A giant expedition boat then entered the stage with dancers acting as waves in an intense storm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Places that are wet will get wetter, dry places will get drier, and rain will be concentrated into intense storms. Times, Sunday Times Large parts of the world are in turmoil from flooding caused by intense storms. Times, Sunday Times In moments of intense stress he twitches his jaw muscles. Times, Sunday Times Yet despite these efforts, there were intense stresses in markets for lending between banks sparked by a ferocious appetite for short-term cash. Times, Sunday Times However, more severe oxidative stress can cause cell death and even moderate oxidation can trigger apoptosis, while more intense stresses may cause necrosis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And when we do, we find a remarkable story of endurance and innovation, courage and creativity, intense suffering and transformative action. Christianity Today You might wonder, when you look at such intense suffering, what music or poetry can do. Times, Sunday Times They may still cause us intense suffering. Times, Sunday Times The animal exhibits all signs of intense suffering; in his struggles, he again and again lifts his body from the board, and makes powerful attempts to get free. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was a summer's worth of intense sunlight radiating back through the tangled chaparral. WHERE THE HEART IS (2001) These are used to very intense sunlight, very cold winters and a short growing season. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Solar thermal power plants use mirrors to focus intense sunlight on to towers that heat tanks of salt, turning it into a molten state. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The morning had been stiflingly hot and humid before an intense thunderstorm erupted with a torrential downpour. Times, Sunday Times Gust fronts may be produced by the outflow of rain-cooled air from an intense thunderstorm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was a case of ball lightning, a rare and mysterious phenomenon sometimes seen in intense thunderstorms. Times, Sunday Times It was also during the summer, and the region was pounded every afternoon by intense thunderstorms that would often last far into the night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They happen during intense thunderstorms and often seem to come during strong hail activity, for reasons that are simply not known. Times, Sunday Times Each week he's completed 5-10 intense training sessions. Times, Sunday Times Eating the right food also means that they can recover from intense training with relative ease. Times, Sunday Times Having said that, the intense training meant the weight fell off. The Sun The massive effort of hauling themselves and their supplies for 12 hours each day will require about 6,000 calories a day, and intense training. Times, Sunday Times The programme offers 12 months of intense training, and you will be responsible for up to four stores at the end of the course. The Sun Just 30 minutes of moderately intense activity, such as brisk walking five times a week, will reap health rewards. Times, Sunday Times Official guidelines recommend that under-fives stay active for three hours a day, with one hour of moderately intense activity. Times, Sunday Times Choose activities that are moderately intense. The Sun People should do at least two and a half hours of moderately intense activity a week and strength exercises on two or more days a week, according to government guidelines. Times, Sunday Times At this point the patient will be able to start jogging and performing moderately intense agility drills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Living in each other's pockets and learning to communicate will be pretty intense. Times, Sunday Times I believe it's pretty intense, foul-mouthed, in-your-face stuff. Times, Sunday Times Be warned, though: the sights come thick and fast, so the sightseeing can be pretty intense. Times, Sunday Times The storyline centres around a love triangle so it's pretty intense and romantic. The Sun I mean, man, that's pretty intense. Times, Sunday Times One senses in them, indeed, an unusually intense authorial investment. The Times Literary Supplement Running alongside these more narrowly professional activities were a number of unusually intense and important friendships. The Times Literary Supplement These rains were not only prolonged, but there were also unusually intense deluges. Times,Sunday Times And yet, though romance evaded us that evening, an unusually intense friendship began. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 强烈的 Japanese: 強烈な |
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