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

• The automation line heightens the effect.
  自动线能提高效率。
• The extra amount of data encoding heightens transmission security.
  而外的数据编码提高了传输的安全性。
• The history of the conflict heightens it.
  冲突的历史会加剧了两者之间的纠纷。
• 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。
• 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。
• It heightens still further the sense of speed.
  这往往会进一步增强速度感。
• 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。
• 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。
• The combination of these materials heightens the all-around volumetric qualities framed by canted surfaces.
  这些材料的组合加剧了周围的斜曲面体积素质的框架。
• 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。