deepening
deepening — 形容詞
- deepeningpositive
- more deepeningcomparative
- most deepeningsuperlative
1. becoming stronger, more serious, or more extreme in degree — for example, growin
加深的；深化
變得更深、更暗或更激烈的
becoming stronger, more serious, or more extreme in degree — for example, growing political arguments, darkening evening shadows, or more serious worries that keep building.
The deepening argument between the two families worried everyone in the village.
兩家人之間逐漸加深的爭論讓村子裡的每個人都很擔心。
deepening + abstract noun (argument, crisis, concern)
Reema stared into the deepening shadows under the old oak tree and felt afraid.
Reema 凝視著老橡樹下逐漸加深的陰影，感到害怕。
Doctors warned that the deepening health crisis could soon overwhelm the hospital.
醫生警告，日益加深的健康危機不久後就會讓醫院不堪負荷。
collocation: deepening crisis
The deepening red of the sunset made everyone stop and pull out a phone.
夕陽越來越深的紅色讓每個人都停下來掏出手機拍照。
Yara could hear deepening sadness in her grandfather's voice when he spoke about the war.
Yara 能從祖父談到戰爭時的聲音中，聽出一股日益深沉的悲傷。
deepening + emotion noun (sadness, worry, anger)
- deepening crisis
- deepening concern
- deepening shadows
- deepening colour
- deepening sadness
- intensifying
more formal; used for effort, emotion, or conflict
- escalating
specifically about conflict, costs, or danger rising step by step
- growing
more general and neutral; can apply to almost anything that increases
文法句型
deepening + noun
be deepening
用法筆記
This adjective describes a change that is already happening and continuing. The noun it modifies (crisis, shadow, colour, sadness) is usually something that can grow gradually. In predicative position (the crisis is deepening), the form can be read as a continuous verb rather than an adjective — context tells you which.
常見錯誤
deepening — 動詞
- deepeningpresent simple I / you / we / they
- deepenings3rd person singular
- deepeninging-ing form
- deepeningedpast simple
1. to make something go further down from its surface, or to cause an emotion, a re
加深；加劇
使某物變深、變暗或更強烈
to make something go further down from its surface, or to cause an emotion, a relationship, a colour, or a sound to become stronger or more intense.
Gabriel used a shovel to deepen the trench so the rainwater would flow away.
Gabriel 用鏟子挖深溝渠，好讓雨水流走。
transitive: deepen + physical object (trench, hole, channel)
The yoga classes helped deepen Lukas's understanding of how his own body worked.
瑜伽課程幫助 Lukas 加深了對自己身體運作方式的了解。
collocation: deepen understanding
Reading together every evening deepened the bond between Kofi and his daughter.
每天晚上一起閱讀加深了 Kofi 和女兒之間的感情。
transitive: deepen + relationship noun (bond, friendship, tie)
The director asked the artist to deepen the blue in the sky of the painting.
導演要求藝術家加深畫作中天空的藍色。
- deepen a hole
- deepen understanding
- deepen a relationship
- deepen a voice
- deepen a colour
- intensify
more formal; often used for effort, colour, or feeling
- strengthen
focuses on making something more powerful rather than deeper
- increase
general; less specific about depth or intensity
文法句型
deepen + noun phrase
用法筆記
Common objects fall into two groups: concrete physical things that can be dug (hole, trench, channel) and abstract things that grow stronger (understanding, relationship, conflict, voice). With abstract objects the verb is slightly more formal. The sense "make deeper in colour or sound" also fits here but usually uses deepening as a present participle (deepening the tone, deepening the shade).
常見錯誤
2. to grow in depth, strength, or seriousness by itself over time, without being fo
變深；深化
本身變得更深、更嚴重
to grow in depth, strength, or seriousness by itself over time, without being forced by an outside cause — such as water in a well getting deeper, a voice becoming lower, or a problem becoming more serious.
Over the long summer, Maeve's friendship with the new neighbour deepened.
經過漫長的夏天，Maeve 和新鄰居的友誼變得更加深厚。
As the night went on, the silence inside the old house deepened.
隨著夜越來越深，老房子裡的寂靜也越來越深。
intransitive: subject is abstract (silence, darkness, crisis)
Tomás's voice deepened noticeably when he turned seventeen.
Tomás 十七歲時，聲音明顯變低沉了。
collocation: voice deepened (physical change)
The political crisis deepened after the prime minister suddenly resigned.
總理突然辭職後，政治危機加深了。
collocation: crisis deepened
Daichi noticed that his interest in history deepened as he read more books.
Daichi 注意到，他對歷史的興趣隨著閱讀更多書籍而越發濃厚。
- friendship deepened
- crisis deepened
- voice deepened
- interest deepened
- silence deepened
文法句型
deepen (no direct object)
用法筆記
The subject is the thing that changes by itself — no person or force acts on it. Typical subjects include relationships (friendship, love), negative situations (crisis, conflict, recession), natural phenomena (darkness, shadows, water), and personal attributes (voice, interest, understanding). Because the verb is intransitive, it cannot take a direct object — you cannot say "the crisis deepened the conflict."
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
常用片語
- deepen over time
- deepen with age