heighten

verb

1. （使）加强，提高，增加
   if a feeling or an effect heightens , or sth heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases
   1. Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack.
      最近的***袭击之后，情势更加紧张。
   2. The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.
      这场运动的目的是使公众更加了解这种疾病。

1. V-ERG （使）（情感）增强;（使）加深
   If something heightens a feeling or if the feeling heightens, 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

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. We heighten our expectations as time goes by.
   随着时间的推移，我们的期望提高了。
5. Some are still making trouble and we must heighten our vigilance.
   其中，一部分人还在捣乱，必须对他们提高警惕。
6. Meanwhile, enhance management, reduce costs, resolve quality problems, fully heighten core competence.
   同时，强化管理全力降成本，实施质量攻关，全面提升公司的核心竞争力。
7. The whole Party and nation must heighten their vigilance against the conspiratorial activities of counter-revolutionaries.
   阴谋有时会报应在阴谋者身上。全党和全国人民对于反革命分子的阴谋活动，必须提高警惕性。
8. R& D globalization provides a new way to generate and heighten technology level and sustain market competitiveness.
   国际化为企业提高技术水平，保持市场竞争优势提供了新的通道。
9. Use eye shadow to heighten you eyes.
   用眼影来增大你的眼睛。
10. I think writing can heighten my imagination.
    我认为写作能提高我的想象力。
11. Therefore, It is imperative to open up new technique of building energy-saving and heighten the energy using efficiency.
    为此，不断地开发新的建筑节能技术，提高建筑物的能源利用效率至关重要。
12. Pollute chroma for instance can because of long airtight and heighten?
    比如污染浓度会不会因长时间密闭而增高？
13. Semen sticks consistency heighten, will affect sperm motility, and survival.
    精液粘稠度增高，将影响精子活力和存活率。
14. Improve Computer Room's Mode and Heighten Teaching's Quality
    计算机房模式的改进与教学质量的提高
15. To accomplish these tasks, we must enhance Party spirit, eliminate factionalism, heighten the sense of discipline and improve efficiency.
    为了做到这些，我们要增强党性，消除派性，加强纪律性，提高工作效率。
16. We must however heighten our vigilance.
    要提高警惕，这里有扒手。但是我们应当提高警惕。
17. The main allure is that, unlike in good times when corporate inertia and humanity's preference for the status quo heighten resistance to change, crises make it easier to take radical action and sell it to employees, customers and investors.
    主要的诱惑在于，景气时期公司的惯性和人性对现状的偏好提高了改革的阻力，而与此不同的是，危机使得采取激进行动，以及向雇员、客户和投资人的推销会比较容易。
18. It can heighten the work efficiency greatly and reduces the costs.
    同时可大大提高工作效率，降低成本。
19. Many studies showed that it is possible to heighten its activities by some modification methods.
    许多研究表明，通过表面修饰等方法可以提高催化剂活性。
20. Defining the connotation of doctoral education quality is a basis to heighten its quality.
    提高博士教育质量，必须首先明确博士教育质量的内涵。
21. Above all, we must heighten our vigilance and prevent such a disaster.
    重要的是，我们必须提高警惕，我们必须阻止这样的灾害再次发生。
22. The theft will heighten concerns about client confidentiality in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which have strict bank secrecy.
    这宗数据失窃事件将加剧人们对瑞士和列支敦士登银行客户保密状况的担忧，这两个欧洲国家施行严格的银行保密制度。
23. Without authorization no department or unit may work out projects for administrative charges and heighten charging standards.
    任何部门和单位不得擅自设立收费项目和提高收费标准。
24. Utilizing NC system reforms lathes is an important method to heighten the rate of old equipments.
    内容摘要利用数控系统改造车床是提高老设备利用率的一种重要手段。
25. This power to instantly transform emotions, to lower or heighten their intensity, I call Transformational Vocabulary.
    马上能改变人的情绪，使其低沉或高昂的言词，我称之为“转变词汇”。
26. If firms could heighten their R& D, that could raise their market share.
    厂商若能加强其研发，将有助于提高其市场占有率。
27. As substrate is reintroduced, neutrophil activity may heighten, increasing production of damaging superoxide and hydroxyl radicals.
    再次导入酶解物，嗜中性细胞活动增强，增加破坏性超氧游离基和羟基的生产。
28. I hope more and more people can attach importance to heighten people's general qualities and construct mental civilization.
    我希望越来越的人重视综合素质的提高来建设精神文明。
29. Objective To study the clinical characteristics of lower lung field tuberculosis and heighten the awareness of LLFTB.
    目的了解下肺野结核的临床特点，提高对LLFTB的认识。
30. VK is offering a number of events at the exhibition to heighten attention on its handsets;
    VK还提供一系列的展览活动的数量来提高其手机的关注；

verb

1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   1. The efforts were intensified
   2. Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
   3. Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
   4. This event only deepened my convictions

   Synonym:    intensifycompounddeepen

2. increase
   1. This will enhance your enjoyment
   2. heighten the tension

   Synonym:    enhanceraise

3. make (one's senses) more acute
   1. This drug will sharpen your vision

   Synonym:    sharpen

4. make more extreme
   1. heightened interest

5. become more extreme
   1. The tension heightened

   Synonym:    rise

6. increase the height of
   1. The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars