potentiate[pəu'tenʃieit]

• vt.
  • 使加强；赋予…以力量：

    A poet's work may be potentiated by his experience of war and of suffering.

    诗人对于战争以及苦难的体验会使其作品更有力量。

  • 使(药物等)更有效力：

    The effects of morphine on the stomach are potentiated by cholinergic drugs.

    由于胆碱的作用，吗啡对胃的药物疗效增加了。

• vi.
  • 起加强作用，增效
• 变形:

  vt.potentiated.potentiating