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vt.& vi.

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1. V-ERG (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. 

  • 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 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. 

  • 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。

3. V-ERG （使）(光线或颜色)变暗;（使）变深 When light or a colour deepens or is deepened, it becomes darker. 

  • 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。

4. V-ERG （使）(声音)变低沉 When a sound deepens or is deepened, it becomes lower in tone. 

  • 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。

5. V-ERG (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. 

  • 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。

6. VERB 挖深 If people deepen something, they increase its depth by digging out its lower surface. 

  • ...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。

7. VERB (河流、海洋等)变深 Something such as a river or a sea deepens where the bottom begins to slope downwards. 

  • As we drew nearer to it the water gradually deepened.

    我们靠近它时，水渐渐深了起来。

Verb

1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

  • "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
  • "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
  • "This event only deepened my convictions"

2. become more intense;

  • "The debate intensified"
  • "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

3. make deeper;

  • "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

4. become deeper in tone;

  • "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"
  • "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
1. Her wrinkles deepen with age.
她的皱纹随年龄增长而变深。

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2. We'll have to deepen the well if we want more water.
如果我们想要更多的水，就得把井加深。

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