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

• 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。
• 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。
• Cross's interest heightened.
  克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
• This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy.
  这种提高生命力和潜能的体验使我充满了欢乐。
• Heightened focus on business-reputation risk and sensitive data protection is also driving closer internal scrutiny of controls.
  对企业声誉风险和敏感数据保护的高度关注还促使企业加强内部安全控制。
• Third, the people of the whole country have heightened their political awareness.
  第三，提高了全国人民的政治觉悟。
• That has heightened the differences in Palestinian society.
  这都加剧了巴勒斯坦社会内部的差距。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。