| 单词 | enhance |
| 释义 | enhance (once / 638 pages) v Many people use the expression "enhance your chance" to point out ways to increase your chances of winning or earning a contest or prize. When you enhance something, you heighten it or make it better. "Hance" is not a word, but the addition of "en-" does something to enhance it and improve its sound. You can enhance the size of something, too, by altering it or raising it, which is what the word original meant (the "hance" part came via French from Latin altus, meaning "high"). When you enhance something you take it to a higher level, like adding salt to French fries to enhance flavor or adding words to enhance your vocabulary. WORD FAMILYenhance: enhanced, enhancement, enhancer, enhances, enhancing+/enhancement: enhancements/enhancer: enhancers USAGE EXAMPLESAnd she’s not opposed to using technology in museum exhibits, as long as interactive screens and other bells and whistles enhance the interpretation for visitors. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Many athletes talk to themselves as a way of enhancing performance; Andy Murray yells at himself during tennis matches. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “This certainly enhances your ‘bold city’ image,” Hartzog told the locals. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v increase This will enhance your enjoyment Syn|Hypo|Hyper heighten, raise potentiate increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) compound, deepen, heighten, intensify make more intense, stronger, or more marked 2v make better or more attractive This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat Hypo|Hyper follow up increase the effectiveness or success of by further action retouch, touch upalter so as to produce a more desirable appearance ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better |
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