heighten

英 ['haɪtn] 美 ['haɪtn]

• v. 增加；升高；加强

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)变高,(使)增大,(使)加强

   make or become higher, greater or stronger

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 升高，提高，加高，增高，变高，长高
2. 使更浓，使更显著，使突出
3. 增加，加强，加深，加剧，增大，加大
4. 变深，变（更）强，变浓，变（更）大，变更亮等
5. 使高尚

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"
   "This event only deepened my convictions"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Day by day the structure heightened.
   建筑物逐日增高。
2. As she waited, her fears heightened.
   她等着的时候更加恐惧了。
3. Their industry always heightened at the boss' approach.
   只要老板一到,他们就勤快起来了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I am going to heighten the wall.
   我打算把围墙加高。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. The automation line heightens the effect.
   自动线能提高效率。
5. This only heightens our admiration.
   这只能使我们更加敬佩。
6. The news heightened my fears.
   这消息使我更加恐惧。
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7. 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。

经典引文

• That church..had been simply repaired and heightened.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

• The severity of the headgear only served to heighten the beauty of her features.

  出自： M. M. Kaye

• The atmosphere of suspicion..was heightened by the theft.

  出自： D. Wigoder

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

heighten further (v.+adv.)

进一步加强 strengthen further
heighten 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

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

～+副词

• heighten further 进一步加强
• heighten quickly 迅速增高
• heighten slowly 慢慢增高

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. heighten的基本意思是“(使)变高”“(使)增大”“(使)加强”,既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

heighten, aggravate, intensify

• 这组词都可表示“加剧”。其区别是：
• intensify指深化或加强事物的本质特征; aggravate指加剧令人不快或困难的形势; heighten指使某物的某种性质变得不同一般地显著或突出。

heighten, boost, elevate, enhance, exalt, grow, hoist, lift, raise

• 这组词都有“升,抬起,举高”“增加”的意思。它们的区别是：
• 1.raise 含有使物体达到应有的高度的含义,可表示“升职”。
• 2.elevate多是素质等方面提高。例如:
• Reading good books elevates your mind.阅读好书能增进你的心灵修养。
• The good news elevated everyone's spirits.这个好消息鼓舞了每个人的精神。
• 3.而lift强调物体的沉重,暗示举起来需要很大力量。通常只用于指克服重力“提升”某一具体事物。例如:
• This window will not lift.这个窗户推不上去。
• The low clouds began to lift.低空的云开始上升。
• He lifted a heavy stone.他举起了一块重石。
• 4.exalt一般用于指“提高”职位或地位,是正式用语。例如:
• The manager exalted many of his friends.经理提拔了他的许多朋友。
• She thanked the President to exalt her.她感谢总统提拔她。
• 5.boost指在数量上或力量上的提高或增加。例如:
• It is reported that they will boost the price of crude oil by another 30 yuan a barrel for exportation.据说他们要把出口的原油价格每桶又提高30元。
• 6.enhance是指在原有基础上增进价值、力量等。例如:
• A beautiful garden enhances the appearance of a house.有个美丽的花园可使房屋更美丽。
• The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it.城市的发展常常会提高其附近的地价。
• 7.heighten指在程度、强度方面加强或提高,可用于精神或物质方面。例如:
• This only heightens our admiration.这只能使我们更加敬佩。
• 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。
• 8.grow在作不及物动词时,表示体积、重量、长度、高度等增长。例如:
• Babies grow very quickly.小孩长得很快。
• The crops are growing well.庄稼长势很好。
• Plants can't grow without water.没有水植物不能生长。
• 9.hoist指用机器将重物吊起。例如:
• The sailor hoisted the cargo on board.水手们用机器把货物装在船上。

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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

【反义词】

• lower 低的