emphatic

adjective

/ɪmˈfætɪk/

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an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given with force to show that it is important
- an emphatic denial/rejection
(of a person) making it very clear what you mean by speaking with force
- He was emphatic that he could not work with her.
- She was equally emphatic about the importance of discipline.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
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an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
See full entry

Word Originearly 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.

单词	emphatic
释义	emphatic adjective /ɪmˈfætɪk/ /ɪmˈfætɪk/ jump to other results an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given with force to show that it is important an emphatic denial/rejection (of a person) making it very clear what you mean by speaking with force He was emphatic that he could not work with her. She was equally emphatic about the importance of discipline. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry Word Originearly 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.
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