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单词 emphatic
释义

emphatic

/ɪmˈfatɪk / /ɛmˈfatɪk/
adjective
1Expressing something forcibly and clearly: the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience an emphatic movement of his hand...
  • He is also emphatic that he is not a consumerist fanatic.
  • He was particularly emphatic about the importance of keeping the public informed of these developments.
  • Smita is emphatic that ‘no community lives within its borders’.

Synonyms

vehement, firm, wholehearted, forceful, forcible, energetic, vigorous, ardent, assertive, insistent;
certain, direct, definite, out-and-out, one hundred per cent;
decided, determined, earnest;
categorical, unqualified, unconditional, unequivocal, unambiguous, absolute, explicit, downright, outright, clear
1.1(Of an action or its result) definite and clear: an emphatic World Cup win...
  • A win is a win, but this was hardly the emphatic result needed to banish those Danish blues.
  • Paul Botterill had given Volunteer an excellent start, but solid scoring from all the Britannia team ensured an emphatic result.
  • The results are more emphatic than I was expecting and this is extremely good news.

Synonyms

conclusive, decisive, marked, pronounced, decided, unmistakable, positive, definite, strong, powerful, striking, distinctive;
resounding, telling, momentous
informal thumping, thundering
2(Of a word or syllable) bearing the stress.Which is expressed by the most emphatic word in the interrogative sentence?...
  • Using the emphatic pronunciations of the and a in these poems would not only sound bizarre and unnatural, it would also would also spoil the rhythm.
  • The emphatic if irregular end rhymes work in a similar way and reflect the claustrophobia of the situation with all three participants seemingly trapped in a hall of mirrors.
2.1 Linguistics (Of certain Arabic consonants) pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx.The pronunciation tandur or tandir, current in Turkey, C. Asia and India, reflects the emphatic Turkic pronunciation of the double n.
noun Linguistics
An emphatic consonant.

Origin

Early 18th century: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis (see emphasis).

Rhymes

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