enhance

英 [ɪn'hɑːns; -hæns; en-] 美[ɪn'hæns]

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. 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。

enhance 提高

来自拉丁语inaltare, 来自词根alt, 高，见exalt, altitude. -ance, 现在分词。

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’.
=> 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 Provençal enansar, enanzar "promote, further," from enant "before, rather," from Latin in + ante "before."

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.