单词 | de-emphasize |
释义 | de-emphasizev. transitive. To remove emphasis from, or reduce emphasis on. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant > remove emphasis from de-emphasize1938 1938 Time 28 Nov. 22 One way to de-emphasize football is to hold the games in the morning. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female vii. 152 The dual character of the eliminative tract also provides a background for re-emphasizing and de-emphasizing sex differences. 1952 Ess. in Crit. 2 ii. 212 Without de-emphasizing feeling, he..emphasizes that poetic sensitivity is a correlative of a poet's knowledge. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest ii. 107 Ernest Lawrence..urged that this process be de-emphasized so that greater effort could be applied to the methods that gave greater promise of immediate production. 1961 A. West Trend is Up vii. 306 We're trying to make it a good college. We've de-emphasized football. 1970 Economics VIII. 145 The examination de-emphasizes technical detail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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