词汇 | emphasis |
释义 | emphasis noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈem.fə.sɪs/ us /ˈem.fə.sɪs/pluralemphasesuk /ˈem.fə.siːz/ us /ˈem.fə.siːz/ B2 the particular importance or attention that is given to something: 重视;强调 emphasis onI think we should put as much emphasis on preventing disease as we do on curing it.我认为我们应该像重视治疗一样重视疾病的预防。 put/place/lay emphasis onSchools here put/place/lay great emphasis on written work and grammar.这里的学校特别重视写作和语法。 the extra force that is given to a word or part of a word when it is spoken: 重读;重音 emphasis onThe emphasis is on the final syllable.重音在最后一个音节上。 put the emphasisWhere do you put the emphasis in the word "controversy"?"controversy"这个词的重音在哪个音节上? Too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.人们过于追求身材苗条。 The school puts a lot of emphasis on teaching children to read and write.学校非常重视对孩子们的读写教育。 You can never place enough emphasis upon the importance of safety.无论怎样强调安全的重要性都不过分。 Words are sometimes italicized for emphasis.有时用斜体排印单词以示强调。 She placed the emphasis on the word 'soon'. Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong intrusive labial labialize labiodental mispronounce postalveolar postconsonantal retroflex retroflexion rhotic the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stressing & emphasizing emphasis | American Dictionaryemphasis noun[ C/U ] us/ˈem·fə·səs/pluralemphasesus/ˈem·fəˌsiz/ special attention given to something because it is important or because you want it to be noticed, or an example of this: [ U ]She paused for emphasis. [ U ]In schools, the emphasis on programming has declined in recent years. Examples of emphasisemphasis The so-called principles of administrative design - such as purpose, process, clientele and place - provide conflicting emphases not straightforward solutions. In such circumstances, narrow emphases on teaching language rules, sentence patterns, vocabulary will serve these learners poorly. They argue that the resulting landscape, reflecting on apparent differences of opinion, is in fact the result of differences in emphases, rather than actual disagreements. There is some reinventing the wheel, but there are also fresh emphases. Both these emphases prefigure those of twentiethcentury liberation theologies with their focus on disenfranchised groups and on social justice. Fitting comfortably with conservatives' emphases on organization and on achieving positions of power was a harmony between the older generation and the new. Over time, market liberalism (or laissez-faire) and regulatory and welfare-state liberalism (or progressivism) offered rival strains of or emphases within the liberal tradition. Though social and cultural emphases have always been strong, study of the early modern court more generally has undergone a similar process. The songbooks of the respective denominations differ from each other in several respects, having varying aims, personal emphases and religious content. Similarly, ' '' the council meets every day, and contrary to his practice the king is present ' '' (pp. 92 and 111, emphases mine). Differential emotions theorists accept the general framework of the organizational perspective but qualify it by adding four distinct emphases. Historians have most commonly argued that this was achieved through emphases on non-communal, secular values. We focus on four factors that may yield differential emphases on common nouns and main verbs across the three languages. Together they suggested not so much a diversity of views as a multitude of emphases within a collective concept. The development of radio and television, of new technologies to record speech, create new emphases whose significance it is as yet difficult to grasp. See all examples of emphasis These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withemphasisemphasisThese are words often used in combination with emphasis. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. added emphasis These pieces may indicate the four-par t division of the world, with an addedemphasis on the center quadrant represented by the fifth effigy vessel. considerable emphasis Similarly, courtship and marriage have been given considerableemphasis among historians of the family. continued emphasis on Continuedemphasis on cost containment will hasten the transformation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with emphasis |
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