Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3826
intensive
密集课程；强化课程
a course that is taught intensively, covering much material in a short period of time
- 1.
A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
使某物更强烈的事物；特别是(语言学)比其词根更有力或更强的词形
- 2.
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
强意修饰语
- 3.
A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
密集授课的课程,在短时间内涉及大量活动
强意修饰语；强化词；使某物更强烈的事物；特别是(语言学)比其词根更有力或更强的词形；强意修饰语；密集授课的课程,在短时间内涉及大量活动
In use
In English grammar, 'very' is an intensive that often modifies adjectives.
The word 'really' can function as an intensive in spoken English.
Some intensives, like 'absolutely', are used to emphasize the speaker's certainty.
Connections
Collocations
- a summer intensive
- 暑期强化课程
- She took a summer intensive in acting.她参加了表演暑期强化课程。
- a writing intensive
- 写作强化课
- This writing intensive focuses on argumentative essays.这门写作强化课着重论述文写作。
- a weekend intensive
- 周末强化班
- They ran a weekend intensive on public speaking.他们办了一个演讲方面的周末强化班。
- a two-week intensive
- 两周强化课程
- He attended a two-week intensive in Berlin.他在柏林参加了两周强化课程。
- an intensive in Spanish
- 西班牙语强化课程
- The college offers an intensive in Spanish for beginners.该学院为初学者提供西班牙语强化课程。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：intensive 里藏着 tense（紧张），紧张到极致就是“强化”的；intensive course 强化班，intensive word 强意词。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：university、language school、linguistics lecture 作为名词，intensive 多用于教育场景，通常指‘密集课程/强化课程’，如大学暑期密集课程或语言培训的强化班；在语言学专业语境中，也可指‘强意修饰语’（intensifier），此时更正式。日常使用中，前者的用法比较常见。
Grammar Note
指语法中的强调成分。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ensive 结尾，读音中的 -ensive 均为 /-ɛnsɪv/，与 intensive /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/ 押韵。注意 intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ 拼写相近，但读作 /ɪnˈtɛns/，与 intensive 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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