heightens

英 [ˈhaɪtnz]

美 [ˈhaɪtnz]

v.  (使)加强，提高，增加
heighten的第三人称单数

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

• Paradoxically, identification makes us feel alert and alive because it heightens our focus on whatever we are seeing or doing.
  荒谬的是，认同使我们感到警觉与活跃，因为不管我们看什么或做什么，它都会增强我们的焦点。
• Doing this out-of-the-ordinary thing heightens the sense that the task as well as the people are involved are important.
  做这种不平常的事情，会增强一种感觉，即需要完成的这项任务，以及需要相处的这个人都非常重要。
• The method not only disposes the disturbance yawp, but also shortens the response time of leaks detection, and heightens the precision of leaks location.
  两种方法的结合不但可以有效地去除干扰噪声，而且缩短了泄漏检测的响应时间，提高了泄漏定位的精度。
• And it's this sharing that exponentially heightens the experience.
  有了这样的交流，体会才会呈几何级数似的增加。
• Japan's Self-Defense Force heightens military preparations.
  日本自卫队提高了军事预算。
• If this discovery heightens their appeal well and good, if not-you know what to do.
  如果这一发现加深他们的吸引力那很不错，如果不是&你知道该怎么做。
• Results On the period of the migraine outbreaks, the velocity of blood flow of the brain artery heightens evidently to the majority of patients, whereas it lowers to the minority of patients.
  结果典型偏头痛发作期，多数患者大脑动脉血流速度明显升高，小部分患者表现为脑血流速度降低。
• They coexist in this way, so that it really heightens the senses of the psyche of a person.
  他们以这种方式并存，所以它能真正提高一个人的精神能力。
• The combination of these materials heightens the all-around volumetric qualities framed by canted surfaces.
  这些材料的组合加剧了周围的斜曲面体积素质的框架。
• Of course it is not a given that new technology in the classroom heightens the learning experience; some say that including gizmos and gadgets detracts from the quality of discussion.
  当然，并非所有人都认为，在课堂上使用新技术能提高学习效率；一些人认为，将小发明和小器件带入课堂，将降低讨论质量。