enhance
英 [?n'hɑ?ns; -h?ns; en-]
美[?n'h?ns]
- vt. 提高；加強(qiáng)；增加
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?enhances;過(guò)去式:?enhanced;過(guò)去分詞:?enhanced;現(xiàn)在分詞:?enhancing;名詞:?enhancement;形容詞:?enhanced;
助記提示
1. altus => altare => inaltare => *inaltiare => enhaucier => enhauncer => enhance "raise, make higher".
2. 插入的-h-也許是受單詞high的影響，藉此具有雙重增強(qiáng)的作用。
2. 插入的-h-也許是受單詞high的影響，藉此具有雙重增強(qiáng)的作用。
中文詞源
enhance 提高
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)inaltare, 來(lái)自詞根alt, 高，見(jiàn)exalt, altitude. -ance, 現(xiàn)在分詞。
英文詞源
- 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 ‘a(chǎn)ugment’.
=> altitude - 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 Proven?al enansar, enanzar "promote, further," from enant "before, rather," from Latin in + ante "before."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms.
- 大型油畫(huà)可以增加小房間的寬敞感。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The forest will enhance the attractiveness of the region.
- 這片森林會(huì)為該地區(qū)平添更多魅力。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.
- 這是提高公司聲譽(yù)的機(jī)會(huì)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. BBC backing for the scheme will enhance its credibility.
- 英國(guó)廣播公司對(duì)這一計(jì)劃的支持將提高其可信度.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Good secretarial skills should enhance your chances of getting a job.
- 出色的秘書(shū)工作技能會(huì)增加你找工作的機(jī)會(huì).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》