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Deepen   [V N V Erg 及物/不及物动词 Verb 动词 使

英语单词 deepen
英美音标 英 ['diːpən] 美 ['diːpən]
中文释义 vt. 使 ... 加深; 使 ... 强烈
vi. 加深; 变浓
英语例句 (1) May our partnership deepen and prosper.
(2) May our partnership deepen and prosper.
中文例句 (1) 预祝我们的伙伴关系不断加深和发展。
(2) 预祝我们的伙伴关系不断加深和发展。
柯林斯解释
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)变强烈(或紧张);(使)加剧 If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
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  [V n]
  • If this is not stopped, the financial crisis will deepen...

    如果不对其加以阻止,财政危机将会加剧。

  • If anything, Sloan's uneasiness deepened...

    如果说有什么不一样的话,那就是斯隆变得越来越不安了。

  • Surviving tough times can really deepen your relationship.

    共度患难能够切实地加深你们之间的关系。

2
[VERB 动词]加深,深化,增进(知识或理解) If you deepen your knowledge or understanding of a subject, you learn more about it and become more interested in it.
  [V n]
  • He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.

    他没有机会更深入地了解波兰。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(光线或颜色)变暗;(使)变深 When light or a colour deepens or is deepened, it becomes darker.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Dusk was deepening as they drove back to the lights of Shillingham...

    他们驱车返回华灯初上的希灵汉姆时,暮色渐浓。

  • This spice is used particularly in poultry feed to deepen the colour of egg yolks.

    这种香料尤用于家禽的饲料中,以加深蛋黄的颜色。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(声音)变低沉 When a sound deepens or is deepened, it becomes lower in tone.
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  [V n]
  • Her voice has deepened and coarsened with the years...

    她的声音随着岁月流逝变得低沉而沙哑。

  • The music room had been made to reflect and deepen sounds.

    这间音乐室经过特殊设计处理,能够反射声音,使声音变得低沉厚重。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](呼吸)变深长;加深(呼吸) When your breathing deepens, or you deepen it, you take more air into your lungs when you breathe.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • He heard her breathing deepen...

    他听到她的呼吸变深了。

  • When you are ready to finish the exercise, gradually deepen your breathing.

    准备结束练习时,要慢慢地深呼吸。

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[VERB 动词]挖深 If people deepen something, they increase its depth by digging out its lower surface.
  [V n]
  • ...a major project to deepen the channel...

    挖深水道的重大工程

  • The tunnels have been widened and deepened.

    各条隧道都已拓宽加深。

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[VERB 动词](河流、海洋等)变深 Something such as a river or a sea deepens where the bottom begins to slope downwards.
  [V]
  • As we drew nearer to it the water gradually deepened.

    我们靠近它时,水渐渐深了起来。

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