desensitize

desensitize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [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
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desensitization
noun
desensitizer
noun
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