中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
1.升高，增高；提高，加高 (opp. lower)。
2.加强，加深，加剧；增大。
3.使高尚；使显著，使突出。
4.给(描写、故事)添加细节；给(绘画)加浓色彩。
vi.
1.升高；增加。
2.(颜色等)变深。

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"
同义词：intensify, compound, deepen,

increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
同义词：enhance, raise,

make (one''s senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
同义词：sharpen,

make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"

become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
同义词：rise,

increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

例句与用法

This danger can be considerably heightened .
这种危险可能会大大地增大。

There was heightened color in gwen's cheeks .
桂温双颊绯红。

The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene .
轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。

The presence of a male cat heightens the female cat's sexual receptivity .
雄猫的存在，可提高雌猫的性兴奋。

It heightened her sensibility and armoured her apart .
它提高了她的感受性，同时又把她团团围住和一切隔离开来。

This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy .
这种提高生命力和潜能的体验使我充满了欢乐。

Coming as it did on the eve of a major war, its drama was heightened .
由于它发生在一次世界大战的前夜，其戏剧性就更高。

Was his present instinct genuine or the product of a heightened nervousness ?
他目前的本能是真实的，还是高度紧张的结果？

As the reign of elizabeth proceeded the religious atmosphere heightened .
伊丽莎白的统治年复一年，宗教紧张气氛与日俱增。

It made him feel alive and gave him a heightened sense of the value of himself .
它使他感到虎虎有生气，并使他对自己有更高的评价。