HEIGHTEN

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Traducere în limba română

heighten verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înălţa, a ridica (şi fig.); a intensifica, a spori.

2. a exagera, a umfla (efectul).

heighten verb B. intranzitiv

(fig.) a creşte, a spori.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

A new research says that the dietary cholesterol in eggs is associated with a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease and early death — even though plenty of nutrition experts, consider eggs part of a healthy diet.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, Editura Global Info)

Wickham's alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent, till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents: You, who so well know my feeling towards Mr. Darcy, will readily comprehend how sincerely I must rejoice that he is wise enough to assume even the appearance of what is right.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

She felt that his influence over her mind was heightened by circumstances which ought not in reason to have weight; by that person of uncommon attraction, that open, affectionate, and lively manner which it was no merit to possess; and by that still ardent love for Marianne, which it was not even innocent to indulge.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I really do not think Georgiana Darcy has her equal for beauty, elegance, and accomplishments; and the affection she inspires in Louisa and myself is heightened into something still more interesting, from the hope we dare entertain of her being hereafter our sister.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

I will only say farther that from what passed that evening, my opinion of all parties was confirmed, and every inducement heightened which could have led me before, to preserve my friend from what I esteemed a most unhappy connection.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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