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

• 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。
• Cross's interest heightened.
  克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
• When your awareness of the breath is aroused or heightened, it can move through that sense of blockage.
  当你对气的觉知被唤起或者说提升时，它就可以穿透那股堵塞感。
• 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。
• Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines.
  如今对纳斯卡线条又有了新增长的兴趣，这完全是由于互联网的产生。
• As she waited, her fears heightened.
  她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
• The political need to support exports is being heightened by fears of a possible slump in domestic consumption.
  对国内消费可能骤降的担忧，突显了支持出口的政治需要。
• Second, they are susceptible to special health problems and a heightened risk of mortality.
  第二，她们易受特定卫生问题和高死亡风险的影响。
• The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd.
  大批警察的出现只是增加了人群的紧张气氛。
• 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。