(1)強化的，集中的，深入細致的(tending to intensify;highly concentrated;profound;showing great effort or care)：an～English course 精讀英語課程;receive～training 接受強化訓練;make～preparations for exams 緊張地準備考試;～bombardment of an area 對一地區(qū)的密集炮擊;make an～study of sth/inquiry about sth 對某事作深入細致的研究/仔細詢問某事;～farming/cultivation of the soil 精耕細作;～reading 精讀;～care/care unit 特別護理/特護病房;The problem was solved by～research.通過深入研究解決了那個問題。〖反〗extensive;
(2)徹底的，全面的(thorough;exhaustive)：The police began an～search for the murderer. 警察開始徹底搜捕殺人犯。His investigations were～and thorough but revealed nothing.他的調(diào)查既徹底又全面，卻毫無結(jié)果。
(3)加強語氣的(giving force and emphasis)(gram)：In “He did it himself，”“himself”is used as an～word. 在“He did it himself.” 這個句子里，“himself”是加強語氣的詞。
→in′tensively adv 強化地，集中地，精細地