intensive

adjective

OPAL W

/ɪnˈtensɪv/

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involving a lot of work or activity done in a short time
- an intensive language course
- two weeks of intensive training
- intensive diplomatic negotiations
- highly intensive courses for business and professional people
Which Word? intense / intensive
intense / intensiveBoth these words can describe something that involves a lot of action in a short period of time.
- intense can often suggest somebody's feelings about the thing being described:
  The course was really intense—I found it difficult to wind down at the end of each day.
- intensive is a more objective description:
  The five-day intensive course runs from 24 to 28 July.
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complete and extremely detailed; done with a lot of care
- His disappearance has been the subject of intensive investigation.
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(of methods of farming) aimed at producing as much food as possible using as little land or as little money as possible
- Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions.
- intensive agriculture
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see also capital-intensive, labour-intensive

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘vehement, intense’): from French intensif, -ive or medieval Latin intensivus, from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.

单词	intensive
释义	intensive adjective OPAL W /ɪnˈtensɪv/ /ɪnˈtensɪv/ jump to other results involving a lot of work or activity done in a short time an intensive language course two weeks of intensive training intensive diplomatic negotiations highly intensive courses for business and professional people Which Word? intense / intensiveintense / intensiveBoth these words can describe something that involves a lot of action in a short period of time. intense can often suggest somebody's feelings about the thing being described: The course was really intense—I found it difficult to wind down at the end of each day. intensive is a more objective description: The five-day intensive course runs from 24 to 28 July. Topics Working lifec1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb highly very increasingly … See full entry complete and extremely detailed; done with a lot of care His disappearance has been the subject of intensive investigation. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb highly very increasingly … See full entry (of methods of farming) aimed at producing as much food as possible using as little land or as little money as possible Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions. intensive agriculture Topics Farmingc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb highly very increasingly … See full entry see also capital-intensive, labour-intensive Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘vehement, intense’): from French intensif, -ive or medieval Latin intensivus, from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.
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