intensive

noun

1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

e.g. `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier

Synonym: intensifier

intensive

adj

1. characterized by a high degree or intensity
often used as a combining form

e.g. the questioning was intensive
intensive care
research-intensive
a labor-intensive industry

2. of agriculture
intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

e.g. intensive agriculture
intensive conditions

3. tending to give force or emphasis

e.g. an intensive adverb

1. 加强的;集中的;密集的
Intensive activity involves concentrating a lot of effort or people on one particular task in order to try to achieve a great deal in a short time.

intensive

e.g. ...several days and nights of intensive negotiations...
几天几夜紧锣密鼓的谈判
e.g. Each counsellor undergoes an intensive training programme before beginning work.
每个辅导员在上岗前都要接受密集培训。

2. 集约(经营)的;精耕细作的
Intensive farming involves producing as many crops or animals as possible from your land, usually with the aid of chemicals.

e.g. Elsewhere large areas have been drained and levelled for industry or intensive farming.
在别处,大片区域被抽干了水或铲平了地，以作为工业或集约化农业用地。
e.g. ...intensive methods of rearing poultry.
饲养家禽的集约化方法

1. intensive

1. 集中的：因此,美国高等学校也采取集中的(intensive)或者深入的(immersion)服务性学习模式,从而最大程度地发挥服务性学习的作用. 虽然许多人在论及集中的服务性学习与深入的服务性学习时经常混用,但二者还是有一定的区别.

2. 深入的：心理咨询和心理治疗一样,其内容和性质也可概括地分两类,一是支持性的(或叫指示性的)心理咨询,二是深入的(intensive)或叫促进的(faciliative)心理咨询.

3. 密集：底特律大学 University of Detroit Mercy 提供了ESL (English as the Second Language) 的语言课程帮助同学在英文说, 读, 听, 写,文法上的能力, 让同学不致在正式的课程中跟不上美国在地的同学;底特律大学的ESL课程提供提供密集(Intensive)和(Intermediate)两种等级,