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heighten v.增加；升高；加强 (1) 一个弱免疫系统是不会增加感冒的感染可能性的。(2) 要提高经济效益，必须加强财务管理。(3) 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。 Extreme weather can act to heighten people's concern about climate change, and publicity for a good cause can heighten awareness of the ways college students can volunteer their time. A movie director might heighten the tension in a scene by using scary music and dramatic lighting. In all of these cases, something is intensified or increased. The oldest, fifteenth-century meaning of heighten, however, was "to exalt, honor, or raise to a high position."

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英 ['haɪtn] 美 ['haɪtn] (1) A weakened immune system does not heighten the risks of catching a cold.(2) The financial management must be strengthened so as to heighten economic profits.(3) So it is urgent for curriculum reform to reinforce teachers' team building and heighten the integrated quality of teachers. When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）（情感）增强；（使）加深 If something heightens a feeling or if the feeling heightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity.   [V n]  [V]  [V-ed]The move has heightened tension in the state...该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。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。Cross's interest heightened.克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。...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

英语单词	heighten
英美音标	英 ['haɪtn] 美 ['haɪtn]
中文释义	v.增加；升高；加强
英语例句	(1) A weakened immune system does not heighten the risks of catching a cold. (2) The financial management must be strengthened so as to heighten economic profits. (3) So it is urgent for curriculum reform to reinforce teachers' team building and heighten the integrated quality of teachers.
中文例句	(1) 一个弱免疫系统是不会增加感冒的感染可能性的。 (2) 要提高经济效益，必须加强财务管理。 (3) 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。
vocabulary简明	When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper.
vocabulary扩展	Extreme weather can act to heighten people's concern about climate change, and publicity for a good cause can heighten awareness of the ways college students can volunteer their time. A movie director might heighten the tension in a scene by using scary music and dramatic lighting. In all of these cases, something is intensified or increased. The oldest, fifteenth-century meaning of heighten, however, was "to exalt, honor, or raise to a high position."
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）（情感）增强；（使）加深 If something heightens a feeling or if the feeling heightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity. [V n] [V] [V-ed] The move has heightened tension in the state... 该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。 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。 Cross's interest heightened. 克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。 ...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

Heighten Awareness Feeling Ed Tension 英 Haɪtn] 美 Haɪtn