升/降溫;增加/減少熱烈程度等
raise / lower the temperature
to increase / decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation
His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting.他憤然拒不同意,使得會議的氣氛緊張起來。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版