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

• 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。
• There is some evidence, for instance, that playing violent games, heightens aggression in players and hurts the brain's ability to process emotions.
  比如有些证据表明，玩暴力游戏会加剧玩家的进攻倾向、损害大脑处理情感的能力。
• 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。
• The misconception that Americans need to protect themselves actually heightens the chance to die in a gun-related death.
  误认为美国人需要自我保护实际上增加了与枪支相关的死亡率。
• It heightens the danger to less defensible targets, as we saw in a shopping mall in Nairobi.
  就像我们在内罗毕（Nairobi）购物商场看到的那样，这还会增加防备薄弱目标遇险的可能性。
• 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。
• The DojoX Secure JavaScript framework heightens your ability to build secure mashups.
  DojoXSecureJavaScript框架提高了您构建安全混搭的能力。
• If there's any challenge, it's that Monday's Taurus Full Moon so heightens your emotions that, without realising it, you could be swept by those problems, and when so much uplifting awaits you.
  如果有挑战，这个挑战是周一的金牛满月带给你的，你可能会觉得被太多太多的问题给埋了，但是现在不是你发泄的时候。
• The automation line heightens the effect. Suggestions for improving the level and efficiency in management
  自动线能提高效率。提高管理效能和效率的建议
• Intense contraction of facial muscles, such as those used in signifying fear, heightens arousal.
  面部肌肉的紧张收缩，比如那些被用来预示恐惧的肌肉，加强了唤醒。