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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• But they have also heightened tensions back home.
  但安倍的计划也在日本国内加剧了紧张气氛。
• Select an impressive bottle and recipient's favorite fragrance for heightened impact.
  选择一个令人印象深刻的瓶子和接受人最喜欢的香水来增强效果。
• 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。
• As she waited, her fears heightened.
  她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
• Cross's interest heightened.
  克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
• 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。
• But recent jitters in stock markets and commodities markets have heightened concerns that some metal prices have peaked.
  但最近股票和商品市场上的剧烈反应使人们担心某些金属材料的价格已经升到了顶点。