一、詳細(xì)釋義：


v.

（使）變高；（使）加強(qiáng) [I,T]


例句：

We should heighten the competitiveness of products.

我們要增強(qiáng)產(chǎn)品的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)能力。


例句：

Use eye shadow to heighten your eyes.

使用眼影可以增大你的眼睛。


二、詞義辨析：


enhance,heighten,intensify,aggravate

這些動(dòng)詞均有“加強(qiáng)，增強(qiáng)”之意。 enhance側(cè)重指增加價(jià)值，魅力或聲望等使人或物具有超乎尋常的吸引力。 heighten通常指使某物的某種性質(zhì)變得不同于一般的顯著或突出。 intensify指深化或強(qiáng)化某事或某物，尤指其特別之處。 aggravate指加劇令人不快或困難的形勢(shì)。


三、參考例句：


We should heighten the competitiveness of products.

我們要增強(qiáng)產(chǎn)品的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)能力。


Use eye shadow to heighten your eyes.

使用眼影可以增大你的眼睛。


It will heighten fears over inflation, which remains stubbornly high.

這還會(huì)加劇民眾對(duì)居高不下的通脹率的擔(dān)憂。


It's the music to heighten the dramatic effect.

那是用于提高戲劇效果的配樂(lè)。


If you want to succeed, you must heighten your confidence.

如果你想成功，就必須增強(qiáng)信心。


The financial management must be strengthened so as to heighten economic profits.

要提高經(jīng)濟(jì)效益，必須加強(qiáng)財(cái)務(wù)管理。


Some are still making trouble and we must heighten our vigilance.

一部分人還在搗亂，必須對(duì)他們提高警惕。


Some crops could be planted in preference to others to heighten the food supply.

有些莊稼可以優(yōu)先種植以增加糧食供應(yīng)量?


The news is likely to heighten unease in EU capitals over the Kremlin's tightening grip on energy reserves.

克里姆林宮加強(qiáng)對(duì)能源儲(chǔ)備控制的消息可能會(huì)加劇歐洲各國(guó)的不安。


Some crops are relatively high yielders and could be planted in preference to others to heighten the food supply.

有些莊稼是相對(duì)高產(chǎn)的作物，優(yōu)先種植會(huì)增加糧食供應(yīng)量。