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heighten
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🇺🇸 /hˈaɪtʌn/
表示把某物抬得更高，也常表示让感觉、情绪或程度变得更强烈。
💡 记忆钩子
想象把一条线往上推：实物被推高，就是“加高”；情绪、效果或紧张感被推上去，就是“增强、加剧”。
📝 学习建议
- 学习时先掌握“增强某种感觉、效果或情绪”这一常见抽象用法，再记“把建筑物等加高”的具体用法。
- 不要把它机械地理解成普通的“增加”；它通常强调程度、强度或影响被进一步推高。
📖 中文释义
verb
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common 加高；抬高📖 把墙、桥或其他实体结构再向上加高，使它达到更高的位置或高度。💡 常用结构是“heighten + 墙、桥、建筑物等”，也可说“heighten + 某物 + by + 高度”表示加高了多少。这个用法多见于建筑、工程和新闻报道，语气比普通口语中的“raise”正式。不要把它用于泛指提高工资、价格或数量；这些情况通常不用它。The city plans to heighten the flood walls before the rainy season.这座城市计划在雨季前加高防洪墙。
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core 增强；加剧📖 把某种感觉、情绪、效果或特征推向更高的程度，使它变得更强烈、更明显。💡 常用结构是“heighten + 紧张感、意识、情绪、效果、美感”等抽象名词，也可用“heighten the sense of + 名词”。这个用法常带正式或文学色彩，尤其适合描述气氛、感受和影响；不要把它当作所有“增加”的通用替代词。The sudden silence heightened the tension in the room.突然的寂静加剧了房间里的紧张气氛。The music heightened the emotional impact of the final scene.音乐增强了最后一幕的情感冲击力。
heightens
present,singular,third-person
heightening
participle,present
heightened
participle,past
heightened
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 6 组
make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ; ;
同义词集:
intensify
compound
heighten
deepen
The efforts were intensified
Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
This event only deepened my convictions
上位: increase
下位: amplify, enhance, fan, raise, sharpen
increase;
同义词集:
enhance
heighten
raise
This will enhance your enjoyment
heighten the tension
上位: compound, deepen, intensify
make (one's senses) more acute
同义词集:
sharpen
heighten
This drug will sharpen your vision
上位: compound, deepen, intensify
make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
同义词集:
heighten
heightened interest
上位: increase
become more extreme
同义词集:
heighten
rise
The tension heightened
上位: increase
increase the height of
同义词集:
heighten
The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars
上位: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
🌳 词源
源自中古英语，原意与“height（高度）”加动词后缀有关，核心概念是“使达到更高处”。
From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height + -en (verbal suffix).
🔄 变式
heightened
past
heightening
present
heightens
present
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