| 单词 | to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon 30. to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon: to emphasize, bring into special prominence, attach great importance to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding aggravate1549 accent1595 to lay weight upon1600 emphase1631 circumflect1643 to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653 to set home1656 forestall1657 circumflex1661 signalize1698 to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748 emphasize1793 accentuate1817 stress1845 to rub in1851 to draw out1855 underline1880 punctuate1883 peak1887 underscore1891 to point up1926 1666 S. Pepys Diary 3 July (1972) VII. 192 The House doth not lay much weight upon him or anything he says. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vii. 33 They doated upon little, needless, foolish things, and lay'd a great stress of Religion upon them. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus viii. 136 The Greek Church to this day lays the stress of consecration upon the prayer of the Holy Ghost. 1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 327 He seems to lay weight on this. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 26 To see that it [the Emphasis] be always laid on the emphatical Word. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 154 On whichever word we lay the emphasis..it strikes out a different sense. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vii. 296 The only objection..on which any stress can be fairly laid. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 234 The great teachers laid all the stress on dogma. < as lemmas |
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