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heightened

/hahyt-n/US // ˈhaɪt n //UK // (ˈhaɪtən) //

提高的,提高了,提高,提高了的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become higher.
    • : to increase: The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
    • : to brighten or become more intense.

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Examples

  • 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.