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unstressed

/uhn-strest/US // ʌnˈstrɛst //UK // (ʌnˈstrɛst) //

无压力,未受影响的,非强调性,无压力的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without stress or emphasis, as a syllable in a word.
    • : not receiving or subjected to stress, wear, etc.: the unstressed parts of a car body.

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Examples

  • Initial h before unstressed vowels is only pronounced when preceded by a pause.

  • Began: notice the quality of the vowel in the first, unstressed syllable of this word.

  • You use more force for the stressed than for the unstressed vowels, that is to say, you put more breath into them.

  • The monotony of a series of stressed or of unstressed sounds would be unbearable.

  • Here the assonance is -er (final unstressed -er in standard present-day English represents vocalic r).