in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 desensitise
- VERB 使不敏感;使麻木;使无情
To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
- ...the language that is used to desensitize us to the terrible reality of war...
旨在让我们对战争的残酷现实无动于衷的语言 - Your immune system has been desensitized because it has become used to the substance.
你的免疫系统已经因习惯了这种物质而不再敏感。