单词 | emphasis |
释义 | Word Frequency emphasis(ˈɛmfəsɪs) nounWord forms: plural -ses (-siːz) 1. special importance or significance 2. an object, idea, etc, that is given special importance or significance 3. stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking 4. force or intensity of expression he spoke with special emphasis on the subject of civil rights 5. sharpness or clarity of form or outline the sunlight gave emphasis to the shape of the mountain Word origin C16: via Latin from Greek: meaning, (in rhetoric) significant stress; see emphatic |
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