heightening

英 [ˈhaɪtnɪŋ]

美 [ˈhaɪtnɪŋ]

v.  (使)加强，提高，增加
heighten的现在分词

现在分词：heightening　

BNC.49149 / COCA.41504

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）（情感）增强;（使）加深
  If somethingheightensa feeling or if the feelingheightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity.
  1. The move has heightened tension in the state...
     该举动加剧了州里的紧张气氛。
  2. These latest murders have heightened fears of further attacks...
     最近发生的这些谋杀案让人们愈加担心会出现更多的袭击。
  3. Cross's interest heightened.
     克罗斯的兴趣浓厚起来。
  4. ...a heightened awareness of the dangers that they now face.
     对他们目前面临的危险的进一步认识

双语例句

• Safety Management of the Construction and the Hydro Project Operation in the Danjiangkou Dam Heightening
  丹江口大坝加高工程施工与枢纽运行安全管理
• Objective Heightening the positive diagnosis rate on temporal epilepsy of the Children by comparing and analysing the two type electroencephalogram examination.
  目的：通过两种脑电图检查，对儿童颞叶癫痫作对比分析，提高诊断阳性率。
• And the occupation of the north hurt trade and agriculture, heightening chronic food shortages.
  而对北部地区的占领损害了贸易和农业，加剧长期粮食短缺。
• Adding to the misery are forecasts for more heavy rains in Sichuan province in coming days, heightening the strain on dams and increasing the risk of flooding and mudslides.
  天气预报说，未来几天四川省将再降大雨，这将给水库大坝造成更大压力，从而会增加发生洪水和泥石流的危险。
• In the face of dog-eat-dog International Rice market, only by consummateing rice standards, increasing investment, heightening inspective level, can we breach the technical bulwark and green barrier, and step into process of changing from big rice production country to rice trade great-power country.
  面对竞争激烈的国际大米生产，我国惟有完善稻米标准，加大投入，提高检测水平，才能突破技术壁垒和绿色壁垒，实现由稻米生产大国向稻米强国的转变。
• The fear of bedbugs is also heightening intimacy tensions.
  对床虱的恐惧也进一步危及了亲密关系。
• The season does induce a quickening of the blood and a heightening of humankind's sensual pleasures.
  这个季节的确会加速血液循环、提高人们感官的兴奋程度。
• Even a casual observer could hardly have failed to notice the heightening of an already tense atmosphere.
  即便是不经意的旁观者也一定已经觉察到本就紧张的气氛进一步加剧了。
• The Kenya Wildlife Service ( KWS) says climate change is to blame for increasing conflicts between humans and wildlife across East Africa, and is heightening the risk that animal diseases will spread.
  肯尼亚野生生物局（KWS）说气候变化是造成东非人类和野生生物冲突不断增加的原因，而且它增加了动物疾病传播的风险。
• The conclusion part explores the effect of the employment of Chinese Americans to their Americanization such as suburbanization, the heightening of political consciousness and the increasing rate of intermarrying with other ethnics.
  结论部分探讨华人就业状况对其美国化的影响，具体表现在居住空间的郊区化、参政意识的增强和异族通婚的增长等方面。