| 单词 | unstressed |
| 释义 | unstressed (once / 96880 pages) adj An unstressed syllable is the part of the word that you don't emphasize or accent, like the to- in today, or the -day in Sunday. An unstressed person is someone for whom every day feels like Sunday. When you pronounce a word with multiple syllables, like avocado (to choose a random example), you put more pressure on some syllables than others — in this case, the ah and the cah. Consider those syllables stressed. If they were people, they'd be biting their nails and pulling out their hair while sitting at a desk piled with paperwork. The vo and the do, on the other hand, would be unstressed — lounging with their feet on the desk, doing crossword puzzles. WORD FAMILYstressed: unstressed+/overstress: overstressed, overstresses, overstressing/stress: overstress, stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, stressor/stressful: stressfully/stressor: stressors USAGE EXAMPLESAt home in Illinois, this tormented genius, wild maximalist and yet somehow earnest moralist of a writer said he felt “unalone and unstressed.” New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) It’s not that “Really Love” is muddy or inexact — although by Martin’s yardstick, it probably is — but that it’s gentle, unstressed, forgiving of itself. New York Times(Mar 10, 2016) Standard ecotoxicology experiments use unstressed, healthy fish that have been bred in labs. Nature(Aug 07, 2014) adj not bearing a stress or accent short vowels are unstressed Syn|Ant feminine (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable light, unaccented, weak(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress unemphaticnot emphasized accented, stressed bearing a stress or accent emphasised, emphasized, emphaticspoken with emphasis masculine(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable |
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