emphasise

emphasise

Past participle: emphasised
Gerund: emphasising

Imperative
emphasise
emphasise

Present
I emphasise
you emphasise
he/she/it emphasises
we emphasise
you emphasise
they emphasise

Preterite
I emphasised
you emphasised
he/she/it emphasised
we emphasised
you emphasised
they emphasised

Present Continuous
I am emphasising
you are emphasising
he/she/it is emphasising
we are emphasising
you are emphasising
they are emphasising

Present Perfect
I have emphasised
you have emphasised
he/she/it has emphasised
we have emphasised
you have emphasised
they have emphasised

Past Continuous
I was emphasising
you were emphasising
he/she/it was emphasising
we were emphasising
you were emphasising
they were emphasising

Past Perfect
I had emphasised
you had emphasised
he/she/it had emphasised
we had emphasised
you had emphasised
they had emphasised

Future
I will emphasise
you will emphasise
he/she/it will emphasise
we will emphasise
you will emphasise
they will emphasise

Future Perfect
I will have emphasised
you will have emphasised
he/she/it will have emphasised
we will have emphasised
you will have emphasised
they will have emphasised

Future Continuous
I will be emphasising
you will be emphasising
he/she/it will be emphasising
we will be emphasising
you will be emphasising
they will be emphasising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been emphasising
you have been emphasising
he/she/it has been emphasising
we have been emphasising
you have been emphasising
they have been emphasising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been emphasising
you will have been emphasising
he/she/it will have been emphasising
we will have been emphasising
you will have been emphasising
they will have been emphasising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been emphasising
you had been emphasising
he/she/it had been emphasising
we had been emphasising
you had been emphasising
they had been emphasising

Conditional
I would emphasise
you would emphasise
he/she/it would emphasise
we would emphasise
you would emphasise
they would emphasise

Past Conditional
I would have emphasised
you would have emphasised
he/she/it would have emphasised
we would have emphasised
you would have emphasised
they would have emphasised

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	emphasise - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"underline, underscore, emphasizeaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
	2.	emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuatebackground, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

Translations

强调

emphasis

(ˈemfəsis) noun – plural ˈemphases (-siːz) – 1. stress put on certain words in speaking etc; greater force of voice used in words or parts of words to make them more noticeable. In writing we sometimes underline words to show emphasis. 加重語氣 加重语气2. force; firmness. `I do not intend to go,' he said with emphasis. 強調 强调3. importance given to something. He placed great emphasis on this point. 重要性 重要性ˈemphasize, ˈemphasise verb to lay or put emphasis on. You emphasize the word `too' in the sentence `Are you going too?'; He emphasized the importance of working hard. 強調 强调emˈphatic (-ˈfӕ-) adjective (negative unemphatic) expressed with emphasis; firm and definite. an emphatic denial; He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time. 強調的，斷然的 强调的emˈphatically adverb 強調地，斷然地 强调地

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to emphasize (not emphasize on) a point.