sensitize

1. V-T If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. 使...意識(shí)到[正式]

It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues. 讓人們意識(shí)到抑郁癥不僅是沮喪，這點(diǎn)似乎是重要的。

How many judges in our male-dominated courts are sensitized to women's issues?

在男性占主導(dǎo)的法庭上，會(huì)有多少法官對(duì)婦女問題敏感呢？

2. V-T If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it. 反應(yīng)敏感[usu passive]

Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized. 肌膚容易受刺激，粗糙和敏感。

...sensitized nerve endings. ...敏感的神經(jīng)末梢。