单词 | heightening |
释义 | heightening (once / 9563 pages) adj WORD FAMILY heighten: heightened, heightening, heightens USAGE EXAMPLESAmbrose accuses President Obama of breaking “records in polarizing the country” by stirring up class antagonisms, heightening racial tensions and helping instigate political stalemate. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) They arrested three others armed with explosives who were believed to be planning suicide bombings on Christian targets on Christmas, further heightening tensions. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Heightening a visitor’s attentiveness to otherwise incidental details, Miller reveals a capacity to transform the nooks and crannies of a composition into unexpected wonders. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) adj reaching a higher intensity their heightening fears Syn intensifying increasing in strength or intensity |
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