heighten
英 ['ha?t(?)n]
美['ha?tn]
- vt. 提高；增高；加强；使更显著
- vi. 升高；变强
英英释意
- 1. become more extreme;
- "The tension heightened"
- 2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
- "heightened interest"
- 3. increase;
- "This will enhance your enjoyment"
- "heighten the tension"
- 4. increase the height of;
- "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
- 5. make (one's senses) more acute;
- "This drug will sharpen your vision"
- 6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
- "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
- "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
- "This event only deepened my convictions"