[with obj.]make less sensitive 降低…的敏感度 creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection. 减少注射处皮肤敏感度的护肤霜。 ■make (someone) less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty, violence, or suffering by overexposure to such images 使(人)对残暴行为麻木不仁 [as adj. desensitized]people who view such movies become desensitized to violence. 看这类电影的人对暴力变得麻木不仁。 ■free (someone) from a phobia or neurosis by gradually exposing them to the thing that is feared 消除(某人)的恐惧症。。 见 systematic desensitization