understate
The Republicans were quick to highlight the Democrats' proposed tax increases in their campaign literature.共和党不失时机地在其竞选宣传材料中强调了民主党提议增税的情况。
He took a gun through baggage control to highlight the lax security.他携带一把枪通过了行李检查，以此引起大家对安全管理松懈这一问题的重视。
The moon highlighted the shadowy forms of the hills.月光凸显了山峦影影绰绰的轮廓。
The accident highlights the need for new safety measures.
The documentary highlighted systematic failings within the department.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stressing & emphasizing
accentuate
accentuation
all day longidiom
believe
deadass
drive your message/point homeidiom
drive/hammer something homeidiom
impress something on/upon someone
insistency
insistently
intensely
like blazesidiom
percent
ram
sooth
spotlight
stress
vaunt
work/laugh/freeze, etc. your arse offidiom
work/laugh/freeze, etc. your ass offidiom
highlight
noun
uk /ˈhaɪ.laɪt/ us /ˈhaɪ.laɪt/

highlightnoun (BEST PART)

B2[ C ]
the best or most exciting, entertaining, or interesting part of something: 最精彩的部分
highlights ofHighlights of the match will be shown after the news.比赛的精彩部分将在新闻之后播出。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Good and excellent things
badass
be the best thing since sliced breadidiom
beatification
beaut
beauty
flagship
grouse
hidden depths
high-end
humdinger
jewel
jim-dandy
keeper
peach
queen
screamer
sleeping beauty
the jewel in the crownidiom
the real deal
the Rolls-Royce of somethingidiom

highlightnoun (HAIR)

[ Cusually plural ]
a narrow strip of hair on a person's head that has been made a lighter colour than the surrounding hair挑染的头发
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hairdressing
bewigged
braid
coiffeur
colourist
dip dye
dryer
foil
frost
hairdressing
hairstylist
henna
loose
peroxide
scalp
texture
tong
tonsorial
trim
uncropped
wigged

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Hairstyles

highlight | American Dictionary

highlight
noun
us/ˈhɑɪˌlɑɪt/

highlightnoun (BEST PART)

[ C ]
the best, most important, or most interesting part:
The highlight of our trip to New York was going to the top of the Empire State Building.

highlightnoun (BRIGHT AREA)

[ Cusually pl ]
a bright or lighter-colored area on the surface of something, esp. on a painting
highlight
verb[ T ]
us/ˈhɑɪˌlɑɪt/

highlightverb[T] (EMPHASIZE)

to attract attention to or emphasize something important:
The report highlights the need for increased funding.

highlight | Business English

highlight
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈhaɪlaɪt/us
to attract attention to something important or to emphasize it:
highlight concerns/problems/risksThe study highlighted rural problems such as falling farm incomes and development pressures.
highlight the fact that sthShe highlighted the fact that growing numbers of people are looking for their money to be invested in a more socially responsible way.
highlight the need for sthIntimidation attacks by both sides yesterday highlighted the need for peace.
to mark text on paper or a computer screen with a colour to emphasize it:
Immediately after the meeting it's helpful to highlight important points in your notes.
highlight
noun
uk /ˈhaɪlaɪt/us
[ C ]
the best or most interesting part of something:
the highlight of sthWhat has been the highlight of your career and what has been the low point?
[ C, usually plural ]
the most important detail or information in a document, etc.:
highlights from sthThe following are highlights from the agreement struck between the airline and the Air Line Pilots Association.

Examples of highlight

highlight
A persistent difficulty of interdisciplinary cooperation is thus highlighted - members of one field run into difficulty when they try to comment on another.
As the model highlights the role of fiscal policies to explain hysteresis, we also study the behavior of the direct tax rates.
The important role that liquid consonants play in guiding syllable segmentation was highlighted in both experiments.
In this paper, we refer to the 260-day cycle by using the label "divinatory calendar," given that this term highlights its main pragmatic objective.
Inevitably in a large volume of collected works some contributions stand out as highlights.
Most importantly, it highlights what to look for in a home.
The importance of this perspective is that it highlights a problem in the way we understand not only care but also rights.
The paper closes by highlighting areas requiring future research.
Various important effects can be highlighted whether we focus on the map or on the absolute maximum growth rate.
While it is recommended that a full proposal be developed from this outline bid, it must concentrate on highlighting new initiatives.
However, it highlights the fact that future work requires neurocognitive challenges in scanning environments so that we can clarify the nature of the deficits observed.
We want to know what potential groups are ignored in taxonomies as well as what groups are highlighted.
The other highlights rent-seeking as a major driving force, implying that regulatory laxity is rare because rentseeking is omnipresent.
Staff members of human rights organisations highlighted impunity, and the deplorable record on human rights of various politicians, in their regional analyses.
The following example highlights the problem with linking syntactic form to controlling or coercive function.
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