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emphasis

/em-fuh-sis/US // ˈɛm fə sɪs //UK // (ˈɛmfəsɪs) //

强调,重点,重视,强调一点

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural em·pha·ses [em-fuh-seez]. /ˈɛm fəˌsiz/.

    • : special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
    • : something that is given great stress or importance: Morality was the emphasis of his speech.
    • : Rhetoric. special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables.stress laid on particular words, by means of position, repetition, or other indication.
    • : intensity or force of expression, action, etc.:Determination lent emphasis to his proposals.
    • : prominence, as of form or outline: The background detracts from the emphasis of the figure.
    • : Electronics. preemphasis.

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Examples

  • Voice tone doesn’t factor into your points total, but the features together put a strong emphasis on encouraging users to shape their behavior around the AI-driven suggestions.

  • Levien told Axios that the company’s strategy is “broadly working” and “any change from here is a question of emphasis.”

  • While the wildlife trade is a source of spillover, Carlson says the emphasis placed on it often outstrips the evidence.

  • As such, existing marketing plans were shelved, making way for new coronavirus-aware content strategies that placed emphasis on empathy over commercialism.

  • For media outlets, this emphasis on alarming news is a business decision.

  • Udall shifted his emphasis to the economy in the last weeks of the campaign, but it was too late.

  • When music had come into the discussion, the emphasis invariably was on rock sounds and players.

  • Critics of the bigot should begin placing a bit less emphasis on what he says or feels than what he actually does.

  • His emphasis on middle-class concerns is, well, understandable.

  • While there will be always be an emphasis on the next great star, Li Na has already opened the door.

  • It was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.

  • There are four general forms of emphasis which serve as indications of the characteristics of expression.

  • It is that from which the former, by the addition of a prefix, which gives emphasis to the meaning, is derived.

  • "To bathe in the very heart's blood of the one desired," he added with grave emphasis.

  • Let your articulation be easy, clear, correct in accent, and suited in tone and emphasis to your discourse.