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 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。
• Mental processing must have fallen into a rhythm of heightened expectation and superior performance on the anticipated beat.
  人的心理过程一定是因为强烈的期盼而有了固定的节奏，出众的表现与预期的节拍同步。
• 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。
• This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy.
  这种提高生命力和潜能的体验使我充满了欢乐。
• The political dangers are heightened by a serious deterioration in the economy.
  经济严重恶化，加剧了政治风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• The soldier's heroism in the fighting heightened my admiration.
  战士们在战斗中的英雄行为增强了我对他们的崇敬。
• 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。
• As she waited, her fears heightened.
  她等着的时候更加恐惧了。