heightened
past simple and past participle ofheighten
| 单词 | heightened |
| 释义 | heightened past simple and past participle ofheighten heighten verb[IorT] uk/ˈhaɪ.tən/us/ˈhaɪ.t̬ən/toincreaseor make somethingincrease,especiallyanemotionoreffect: Thestrongpolicepresenceonly heightened thetensionamong thecrowd. Increasing and intensifying
Examplesofheightenedheightened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Theheightenedbaseline pain state reached a peak at 3 weeks post-injury, and diminished back to baseline by 1 year. From theCambridge English Corpus For myself, repeated reading hasheightenedappreciation of both its achievement and its gaps. From theCambridge English Corpus Security concerns are naturallyheightenedduring such events. From theCambridge English Corpus At the center of this administrative rethink has been aheightenedcommitment to consumer education. From theCambridge English Corpus The risk may also beheightenedwhen the practitioner is alone and the judgement or opinion of another practitioner is not readily available. From theCambridge English Corpus Boys with disruptive symptoms continued to showheightenedcortisol reactivity. From theCambridge English Corpus These differences may beheightenedfurther by the exaggerated prosody of child-directed speech. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps paradoxically, it is at these moments ofheightenedvisuality that music is called upon to lend its essential contribution to the theatrical experience. From theCambridge English Corpus Shortly before passage, turmoil over private benefits was intense and interest in state measuresheightened. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, it is unlikely that blackballing activities caused orheightenedvoter cynicism. From theCambridge English Corpus The recently increased numbers of visitors to concentrations of wildlife, and to penguin rookeries in particular, haveheightenedconcern over this issue. From theCambridge English Corpus This effect isheightenedby the increasing importance of trade impediments, which have a much higher information complexity than the tariff, such as sanitary standards. From theCambridge English Corpus The ability to withstand desiccation may also depend upon increased amounts (or aheightenedcapacity to synthesize) molecules which stabilize membranes. From theCambridge English Corpus The writer argues that there is a need among learners for aheightenedcritical awareness of web-source nuances. From theCambridge English Corpus Consistent with the experimental animal and epidemiologic human research summarized above, these individuals are hypothesized to developheightenedreactivity profiles. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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