heightened is heighten's Past Tense

heighten

US [ˈhaɪt(ə)n]
UK ['haɪt(ə)n]
  • v.提高；加深；增高；增加
  • Web升高；加重；提高的
Simple Present：heightens  Present Participle：heightening  Past Tense：heightened  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
升高,增高;提高,加高
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
5.
升高;增加
6.
(颜色等)变深
1.
升高,增高;提高,加高
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
5.
升高;增加
6.
(颜色等)变深

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,提高提高,加深加深,增高增高,增加增加,升高升高,加重加重,提高的提高的
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1.
However, when the participants were primed with the word stupid, there was no heightened activity after a wrong answer.
而被消极词语如“愚蠢”引导的学生，给出错误答案后在这个区域则没有加强的活动。
ér bèi xiāo jí cí yǔ rú " yú chǔn " yǐn dǎo de xué shēng , gěi chū cuò wù dá àn hòu zài zhè ge qū yù zé méi yǒu jiā qiáng de huó dòng 。
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2.
and Mr. Darcy's explanation, by restoring Bingley to all her former good opinion, heightened the sense of what Jane had lost.
达西先生的解释固然使她对彬格莱先生恢复了以往的好感，同时也就越发感觉到吉英受到的损失太大。
dá xī xiān sheng de jiě shì gù rán shǐ tā duì bīn gé lái xiān sheng huī fù le yǐ wǎng de hǎo gǎn , tóng shí yě jiù yuè fā gǎn jué dào jí yīng shòu dào de sǔn shī tài dà 。
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3.
And that has heightened the biggest concern of all: that banks are so systemically important that they cannot be allowed to go under.
而这一现象已经加剧了所有关切中最重大的一种：即银行具有如此巨大的系统重要性，以至于人们不能容许它们破产。
ér zhè yī xiàn xiàng yǐ jīng jiā jù le suǒ yǒu guān qiè zhōng zuì zhòng dà de yī zhǒng : jí yín háng jù yǒu rú cǐ jù dà de xì tǒng zhòng yào xìng , yǐ zhì yú rén men bù néng róng xǔ tā men pò chǎn 。
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4.
He said embassy staff were still in a heightened state of alert but there were no specific threats against any staff members.
他说尽管没有针对使馆人员的具体威胁，他们仍处在高度戒备状态。
tā shuō jǐn guǎn méi yǒu zhēn duì shǐ guǎn rén yuán de jù tǐ wēi xié , tā men réng chǔ zài gāo dù jiè bèi zhuàng tài 。
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5.
Now, the question dominating financial markets as the first half ends is how much longer the renewed bout of heightened fear will last.
如今，在上半年结束之际，金融市场上的一大疑问是，新一波加剧的担忧情绪还会持续多久。
rú jīn , zài shàng bàn nián jié shù zhī jì , jīn róng shì chǎng shàng de yī dà yí wèn shì , xīn yī bō jiā jù de dān yōu qíng xù hái huì chí xù duō jiǔ 。
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6.
The sense of urgency is heightened by the fact that the ideal private banker of today is strikingly different from his predecessor.
当今理想的私人银行家与以前明显不同，这种情况增强了这种紧迫感。
dāng jīn lǐ xiǎng de sī rén yín háng jiā yǔ yǐ qián míng xiǎn bù tóng , zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng zēng qiáng le zhè zhǒng jǐn pò gǎn 。
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7.
His aspect was perfectly that of a pilgrim, heightened also by an apostolic dignity.
他那副神态又象耶稣的门徒，更增添了他的威严。
tā nà fù shén tài yòu xiàng yē sū de mén tú , gèng zēng tiān le tā de wēi yán 。
8.
The tragedy of a shade is perhaps that, once it has drained a target whole, its appetite is only heightened rather than slaked.
而阴影的悲剧则是：一旦它吸干了一名受害者，它的食欲不但没有减弱，反而会变的更强。
ér yīn yǐng de bēi jù zé shì : yí dàn tā xī gàn le yī míng shòu hài zhě , tā de shí yù bú dàn méi yǒu jiǎn ruò , fǎn ér huì biàn de gèng qiáng 。
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9.
The unseemly appearance of this dirty garment was heightened by the circumstance that he had not taken the trouble to adjust it properly.
这件脏罩衣本来就不很雅观，加上他平时懒得整理，看上去简直不成样子。
zhè jiàn zāng zhào yī běn lái jiù bù hěn yǎ guān , jiā shang tā píng shí lǎn de zhěng lǐ , kàn shàng qù jiǎn zhí bù chéng yàng zǐ 。
10.
But the question of his ability to lead the fund took on heightened urgency on Tuesday.
但他是否能够领导IMF的问题周二变得更为紧迫。
dàn tā shì fǒu néng gòu lǐng dǎo IMF de wèn tí zhōu èr biàn de gèng wéi jǐn pò 。
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