enhance是什么意思_enhance怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

enhance: enhance: [14] To enhance something is literally to ‘make it higher’. The word comes via Anglo- Norman enhauncer from Old French enhaucer, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre ‘raise’. This was a verb formed from the Latin intensive prefix in- and the adjective altus ‘high’ (source of English altitude). This original literal sense persisted into English (‘It was a stone, the which was enhanced upright’, William Caxton, Charles the Great 1485), but had largely died out by the end of the 16th century, leaving the field clear for the metaphorical ‘augment’.
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enhance (v.): late 13c., anhaunsen "to raise, make higher," from Anglo-French enhauncer, probably from Old French enhaucier "make greater, make higher or louder; fatten, foster; raise in esteem," from Vulgar Latin *inaltiare, from Late Latin inaltare "raise, exalt," from altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old). Meaning "raise in station, wealth, or fame" attested in English from c. 1300. Related: Enhanced; enhancing.

The -h- in Old French supposedly is from influence of Frankish *hoh "high." The -n- perhaps is due to association with Provençal enansar, enanzar "promote, further," from enant "before, rather," from Latin in + ante "before."

词态变化

第三人称单数 enhances;
过去式 enhanced;
过去分词 enhanced;
现在分词 enhancing;
名词 enhancement;
形容词 enhanced;

1. Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms.: 大型油画可以增加小房间的宽敞感。

2. The forest will enhance the attractiveness of the region.: 这片森林会为该地区平添更多魅力。

3. This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.: 这是提高公司声誉的机会。

4. BBC backing for the scheme will enhance its credibility.: 英国广播公司对这一计划的支持将提高其可信度.

5. Good secretarial skills should enhance your chances of getting a job.: 出色的秘书工作技能会增加你找工作的机会.

improve 改善

enrich 使富足

heighten 增加

better 更好的

uplift 鼓舞

augment 增加

add to 增加

increase 增加

boost 提高

develop 发展

aggrandize 增加

promote 促进

brighten 使变亮

embellish 美化、装饰或修饰...

magnify 放大

appreciate 欣赏

compound 化合物

intensify 增强

raise 上升

enhance concentration 提升注意力

enhance the moral awareness of 提高……的思想品德

to enhance workers" quality 提高劳动者素质

这些动词均有“加强，增强”之意。
enhance侧重指增加价值，魅力或声望等使人或物具有超乎寻常的吸引力。
heighten通常指使某物的某种性质变得不同于一般的显著或突出。
intensify指深化或强化某事或某物，尤指其特别之处。
aggravate指加剧令人不快或困难的形势。

1. altus => altare => inaltare => *inaltiare => enhaucier => enhauncer => enhance "raise, make higher".
2. 插入的-h-也许是受单词high的影响，藉此具有双重增强的作用。