/'sensɪtaɪz; `sɛnsə,taɪz/
v [esp passive 尤用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (to sth)
1 make sth or sb sensitive 使某事物或某人敏感
*sensitize students to a poet's use of language 培养学生对诗人语言运用的感受能力.
2 (in photography) make (film, paper, etc) sensitive to light （摄影）使（胶片、纸等）易于感光.

v [T]
to give someone some experience or knowledge of a particular problem or situation so that they can notice it and understand it easily
sensitize sb to sth
　Volunteers need to be sensitized to the cultural differences they will meet in African countries.
[usually passive]
if someone is sensitized to a particular substance, their body has begun to have a bad reaction whenever they touch it, breathe it etc
be sensitized to sth
　Many hospital workers have become sensitized to the latex in gloves.
technical to treat a material or a piece of equipment so that it will react to physical or chemical changes
　sensitized photographic paper
>sensitization [,sensɪtaɪ'zeɪʃən (US) -tə-/