单词：heightens
v make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
v increase
v increase the height of
v make (one's senses) more acute
v make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten的用法和样例：
例句
- A weakened immune system does not heighten the risks of catching a cold.一个弱免疫系统是不会增加感冒的感染可能性的。
- An older more experienced swimmer will shave his entire body to reduce resistance and heighten sensation in the water.年龄较大更有经验的游泳运动员将会把他的全身收紧以减少阻力并增加水感。
- The financial management must be strengthened so as to heighten economic profits.要提高经济效益，必须加强财务管理。
- So it is urgent for curriculum reform to reinforce teachers' team building and heighten the integrated quality of teachers.加强教师队伍建设，提高教师的整体素质，是新课程改革的迫切要求。
常见句型
- Day by day the structure heightened.建筑物逐日增高。
- As she waited, her fears heightened.她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
- Their industry always heightened at the boss' approach.只要老板一到,他们就勤快起来了。
- I am going to heighten the wall.我打算把围墙加高。
- The builder heightened the doorway to accommodate the tall owner.建筑师把门口加高以适应这个高个子房主的需要。
- The dramatic lighting heightened the effect of the exhibition.那引人注目的灯光加强了展览会的效果。
- The automation line heightens the effect.自动线能提高效率。
- This only heightens our admiration.这只能使我们更加敬佩。
- The news heightened my fears.这消息使我更加恐惧。 1
- The building had been heightened by the addition of the second storey.这幢楼房从两层楼往上又加高了一层。
常用短语
- 进一步加强 strengthen furtherheighten sth ⇔ further
It heightens still further the sense of speed.
它进一步加强了速度意识。
词汇搭配
- heighten sb's admiration使某人更加敬佩
- heighten sb's anger使某人更加愤怒
- heighten the effect提高效率
- heighten sb's fears使某人更加恐惧
- heighten one's speed加快速度
- heighten the value of a painting提高一幅画的价值
- heighten further进一步加强
- heighten quickly迅速增高
- heighten slowly慢慢增高
经典引文
That church..had been simply repaired and heightened.
出自：E. A. FreemanThe severity of the headgear only served to heighten the beauty of her features.
出自：M. M. KayeThe atmosphere of suspicion..was heightened by the theft.
出自：D. Wigoder
- amplify扩大
- intensify增强
- enhance提高
- increase增加
- add to增加
- reinforce加固
- deepen 使 ... 加深
- dignify使高贵
- highlight强调
- accentuate重读
- aggrandize增加
- strengthen加强
- balloon气球
- compound化合物
- wax蜡
- rise上升
- sharpen使尖锐
- raise上升
- lower低的
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