sensitize

1. V-T If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. 使...意识到[正式]

It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues. 让人们意识到抑郁症不仅是沮丧，这点似乎是重要的。

How many judges in our male-dominated courts are sensitized to women's issues?

在男性占主导的法庭上，会有多少法官对妇女问题敏感呢？

2. V-T If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it. 反应敏感[usu passive]

Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized. 肌肤容易受刺激，粗糙和敏感。

...sensitized nerve endings. ...敏感的神经末梢。