heightened 的 2 个定义
- to increase the height of; make higher.
- to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings.
- to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
- to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing: to heighten a picture with Chinese white.
- to become higher.
- to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
- to brighten or become more intense.
heightened 近义词
heavy
elevated
更多heightened例句
- It was precisely the kind of wildland-urban interface that all the studies I read blamed for heightening Californians’ exposure to climate risks.
- Without the law, new internet companies would have more difficulty getting aloft, while established platforms would block many more posts in response to heightened litigation risks.
- I think they’ve handled this moment with a lot of grace and dignity, and it is heightening awareness of the need to stick with solutions.
- The roll-out heightens Walmart’s competition with Amazon as retailers of all types try to capitalize on soaring consumer interest in e-commerce during the pandemic.
- Amid concerns over police brutality and pandemic-heightened economic anxiety, cities have seen scattered outbreaks of violence and looting in recent months.
- For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.
- She stands, dressed in a tutu, on one pointed foot in a heightened fifth position.
- It is an extreme, heightened set-up, I say: the whole hostage-taking, life-imperiled prolog.
- The Mossad high command must surely be convening emergency meetings in an atmosphere of tension and heightened alertness.
- The memo, citing a heightened security threat, said that the attacks were scheduled for July 25, 2014.
- The change was visible in his heightened colour, in his flashing eyes, and in his twitching mustachios.
- As I turn to her, I am struck by the peculiar gleam in her eyes and the heightened color.
- “I shall like it of all things,” he cried, with sparkling eyes and heightened colour.
- Facing Mildred, whose color was heightened by the intensity of her emotion, he began softly to play.
- But the airs which he gave himself only heightened the respect and admiration which he inspired.