| 单词 | emphatic |
| 释义 | emphatic (ɪmfætɪk ) 1. adjective An emphatic response or statement is one made in a forceful way, because the speaker feels very strongly about what they are saying. His response was immediate and emphatic. I answered both questions with an emphatic 'Yes'. Synonyms: forceful, decided, certain, direct 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE that] If you are emphatic about something, you use forceful language which shows that you feel very strongly about what you are saying. The rebels are emphatic that this is not a surrender. He is especially emphatic about the value of a precise routine. [+ about] 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] An emphatic win or victory is one in which the winner has won by a large amount or distance. Yesterday's emphatic victory was their fifth in succession. Synonyms: significant, marked, strong, striking Collocations: emphatic response Nor did the result have the emphatic response that might have followed a return to home turf after a week of turmoil. Times, Sunday Times This was an emphatic response to any claims they were wobbling. The Sun Her career gave an emphatic response. Times, Sunday Times After all the flak they have taken, and suggestions they were wobbling, this was an emphatic response. The Sun For 45 minutes he was given an emphatic response. Times, Sunday Times However, the very fact that she finishes the book at all offers a more emphatic statement in their favour. The Times Literary Supplement We may add to this emphatic statement that the problem chiefly turns, not upon small-arms ammunition, but upon shells. Times, Sunday Times You couldn't conceive of a more emphatic statement of the wickedness and depravity of the human heart. Christianity Today It's a defensible way of making an emphatic statement. Times, Sunday Times It was an emphatic statement. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 断然的 Japanese: 断固とした |
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