heightened

英 [ˈhaɪtnd]

美 [ˈhaɪtnd]

v.  (使)加强，提高，增加
heighten的过去分词和过去式

过去式：heightened　过去分词：heightened　

BNC.13704 / COCA.8365

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

双语例句

• Visiting him and seeing how the new system had increased his profits heightened my interest in IT.
  看爸爸这样子工作，以及受用的新体制使他获得更高的利润时，我对IT的兴趣又能大大的提高了。
• As their hardship heightened, so did their desperation and anger.
  随着艰难困苦日益严重，他们的绝望和愤怒也变本加厉。
• The study has heightened the debate on when to start testing on humans.
  该研究凸显了关于何时开始人类试验的争论。
• Asia's heightened reliance on external demand has been masked.
  亚洲对外部需求的依赖加大，这点一直被掩盖。
• He enforced strict secrecy among Apple employees, a strategy that he believed heightened anticipation for upcoming Apple products.
  他要求苹果员工严格执行保密，他认为这种策略增强了人们对即将发布的苹果产品的期待。
• It snowed, but to work hard warmed my heart, because my service ability was heightened.
  下雪了，但是，作为高中三年级学生的我，在工作中提高了自己的能力，心里还是暖洋洋的。
• As she waited, her fears heightened.
  她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
• The soldier's heroism in the fighting heightened my admiration.
  战士们在战斗中的英雄行为增强了我对他们的崇敬。
• The political dangers are heightened by a serious deterioration in the economy.
  经济严重恶化，加剧了政治风险。
• That fact, widely reported in the media, has heightened the anxiety in the nation's health clinics.
  这项被媒体广泛报道的事实增加了国家保健诊所的忧虑。