首页英语词典emphasisemphasis英英释意

emphasis

英 ['emfəsɪs] 美['ɛmfəsɪs]
  • n. 重点;强调;加强语气

英英释意


1. special importance or significance;
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"
2. intensity or forcefulness of expression;
"the vehemence of his denial"
"his emphasis on civil rights"
3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"