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heighten

英 [ˈhaɪtn]

美 [ˈhaɪtn]

v.  (使)加强,提高,增加

过去分词:heightened 过去式:heightened 现在分词:heightening 第三人称单数:heightens 

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.8474 / COCA.7990

牛津词典

    verb

    • (使)加强,提高,增加
      if a feeling or an effect heightens , or sth heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases
      1. Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack.
        最近的炸弹袭击之后,情势更加紧张。
      2. The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.
        这场运动的目的是使公众更加了解这种疾病。

    柯林斯词典

    • V-ERG (使)(情感)增强;(使)加深
      If somethingheightensa feeling or if the feelingheightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity.
      1. The move has heightened tension in the state...
        该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。
      2. These latest murders have heightened fears of further attacks...
        最近发生的这些谋杀案让人们愈加担心会出现更多的袭击。
      3. Cross's interest heightened.
        克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
      4. ...a heightened awareness of the dangers that they now face.
        对他们目前面临的危险的进一步认识

    英英释义

    verb

    • make more intense, stronger, or more marked
      1. The efforts were intensified
      2. Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
      3. Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
      4. This event only deepened my convictions
      Synonym:intensifycompounddeepen
    • increase
      1. This will enhance your enjoyment
      2. heighten the tension
      Synonym:enhanceraise
    • make (one's senses) more acute
      1. This drug will sharpen your vision
      Synonym:sharpen
    • make more extreme
      1. heightened interest
    • become more extreme
      1. The tension heightened
      Synonym:rise
    • increase the height of
      1. The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars

    双语例句

    • Meanwhile, enhance management, reduce costs, resolve quality problems, fully heighten core competence.
      同时,强化管理全力降成本,实施质量攻关,全面提升公司的核心竞争力。
    • This power to instantly transform emotions, to lower or heighten their intensity, I call Transformational Vocabulary.
      马上能改变人的情绪,使其低沉或高昂的言词,我称之为“转变词汇”。
    • Objective To study the clinical characteristics of lower lung field tuberculosis and heighten the awareness of LLFTB.
      目的了解下肺野结核的临床特点,提高对LLFTB的认识。
    • The theft will heighten concerns about client confidentiality in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which have strict bank secrecy.
      这宗数据失窃事件将加剧人们对瑞士和列支敦士登银行客户保密状况的担忧,这两个欧洲国家施行严格的银行保密制度。
    • We must however heighten our vigilance.
      要提高警惕,这里有扒手。但是我们应当提高警惕。
    • Cross's interest heightened.
      克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
    • If firms could heighten their R& D, that could raise their market share.
      厂商若能加强其研发,将有助于提高其市场占有率。
    • The move has heightened tension in the state
      该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。
    • Therefore, It is imperative to open up new technique of building energy-saving and heighten the energy using efficiency.
      为此,不断地开发新的建筑节能技术,提高建筑物的能源利用效率至关重要。
    • Pollute chroma for instance can because of long airtight and heighten?
      比如污染浓度会不会因长时间密闭而增高?