單字講座 160：intense (adj) / intensive (adj) / tense (adj)

你搭飛機容易緊張嗎？若是的話，心理學家建議最好別在飛機上看恐怖片，因為那情境就等同於在壓力測試下牛飲濃縮咖啡。而涉及飛機或密閉空間主題的災難片也不個好選項，因為故事情節可能會啟動鏡像神經元，讓你有過於強烈的歷險感受。話說「強烈的」是 intense、intensive 還是 tense 呢？下方說分明。




▍intense (adj) 強烈的
▶ 例 1：亮度太過強烈的車燈可能會使駕駛暫時性「失明」，危害用路安全。
The overly intense car headlights can momentarily “blind” a driver and endanger road safety.

▍intensive (adj) 密集的
▶ 例 1：他於清晨因癌症病逝於密集照護病房（加護病房）。
He succumbed to cancer in the intensive care unit in the early hours of the morning.

▍tense (adj) 緊（張）的
▶ 例 1：房間裡等待面試的人實際上都和我一樣緊張，雖然他們都假裝很冷靜。
The interviewees waiting in the room were actually as tense as I was, although they were pretending to be very calm.