heightening
present participle ofheighten
| 单词 | heightening |
| 释义 | heightening present participle ofheighten heighten verb[IorT] uk/ˈhaɪ.tən/us/ˈhaɪ.t̬ən/toincreaseor make somethingincrease,especiallyanemotionoreffect: Thestrongpolicepresenceonly heightened thetensionamong thecrowd. Increasing and intensifying
Examplesofheighteningheightening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Other exercises aim in particular atheighteningthe actor's sensory awareness. From theCambridge English Corpus The implications of these patterns forheighteningour understanding of mortuary ritual are explored in depth. From theCambridge English Corpus The turnaround in the privatisation process coincided, however, with a newheighteningin the pressure on commons resources, due to two major reasons. From theCambridge English Corpus Hand-written annotations and automated calculations are given a complementarity status as they contribute to a process of aheighteningof listening capacities. From theCambridge English Corpus These have the function ofheighteningan individual's awareness of the themes around which his or her life has developed. From theCambridge English Corpus The feedback-mediated acquisition 0 improvement in fixational control may be attributable in par t to aheighteningof awareness. From theCambridge English Corpus It might be that the writer's political preference or narrative approach has the unintended effect ofheighteningthe availability of this sort of explanation. From theCambridge English Corpus One of them entailsheighteningthe personal motivation of potential donors by offering financial incentives. From theCambridge English Corpus The study reveals that sub-national and resource issues can lead to a flowering of andheighteningof civil society activity. From theCambridge English Corpus Concurrent with this, andheighteningthe significance of youth ensembles, the life histories revealed schooling that failed to address storytellers' full requirements as musical learners. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead, it complemented theheighteningpress campaign against inactivity. From theCambridge English Corpus This collection helps to restate the diversity of the popular music experience while simultaneously furtherheighteningthe tensions between theory and practice. From theCambridge English Corpus The worldly variant presented itself as a way of dispelling loneliness and melancholy, derangement and mania, and ofheighteningthe festive spirit in group gatherings. From theCambridge English Corpus This article discusses a project in which electronic conferencing was used to replace the conventional seminar as a means ofheighteningcross-cultural awareness. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it would seem that position-relative agent values might come in on both sides of the case, thusheighteningthe dilemma. 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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