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

• The move has heightened tension in the state
  该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As she waited, her fears heightened.
  她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。