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

• Welfare is, as yet, private; and this heightens the incentives to save in order to made up for the inadequacies of Japan's social security system.
  到那时为止，福利由个人负担，这更加刺激了节省，以弥补日本社会保险制度的不足。
• It heightens still further the sense of speed.
  这往往会进一步增强速度感。
• 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 automation line heightens the effect.
  自动线能提高效率。
• 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。
• Less liquidity, implying a higher fraction of long-term assets funded with short-term debt, raises profits but heightens exposure to sudden withdrawals and difficulties in rolling over debt.
  流动性下降，意味着由短期债务提供融资的长期资产比例上升，这将提升利润，但加大了突然撤资的风险和循环还债的难度。
• They also point out that the smell of food usually heightens appetite, rather than suppressing it.
  此外，他们还指出，美味食物的味道通常会提高人们的食欲，而不是抑制。
• Japan's Self-Defense Force heightens military preparations.
  日本自卫队提高了军事预算。
• That heightens the emotional stakes because you know he can be killed.
  这更能加强他的心理考验，因为他知道他随时都有可能送命。
• 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。