| 单词 | to point up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto point up to point up Originally U.S. extracted from pointv.1 transitive. To emphasize or draw attention to (a significant aspect of something); to make apparent. 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 1926 C. Pratt & J. Stanton Before Bks. 10 Others may aid by pointing up the significance of the findings. 1941 L. Trilling in D. Lodge 20th Cent. Lit. Crit. (1972) 286 An analysis of this sort is not momentous and not exclusive of other meanings; perhaps it does no more than point up and formulate what we all have already seen. 1969 A. Cockburn in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 20 In a key concluding section he points up the lessons to be drawn from this record. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 8 Feb. b1/1 Increasingly, studies are pointing up the value of specific vitamins in helping prevent heart disease. < as lemmas |
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