emphasize

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vt. 强调, 加强语气, 着重

发音

US
UK /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/
UK /ˈɛɱ.fə.saɪz/

词形变化

emphasized emphasizes 三单 emphasizes emphasizing emphasizing 现在分词 emphasized 过去式 emphasized 过去分词

别名

emphasise

教材释义与例句

动词

强调，着重

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

    强调

    著重

    着重

    及物

    His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

accent stress underline accentuate emphasise punctuate underscore

上位词 8

show express accent stress accentuate emphasise punctuate evince

下位词 10

background underline emphasise downplay bring out play down set off underscore bear down drive home

相关短语

emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing

词源

Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.

来源：wiktionary