| 单词 | emphasized |
| 释义 | emphasized (once / 1264 pages) adj Something that's emphasized is stressed. The emphasized point of a politician's speech might be lowering taxes. When you put stress on something or pay it extra attention, you can describe it as emphasized. There are emphasized syllables in words, emphasized subjects in school, and emphasized parts of a wedding reception speech. The source of the adjective emphasized is the noun emphasis, "importance or stress." Emphasis is a Greek word, used in rhetoric to mean "significance" or "indirect meaning," from emphainein, "let a thing be seen." WORD FAMILYemphasize: de-emphasize, emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing, overemphasize, re-emphasize+/de-emphasize: de-emphasized/emphasis: emphases, emphasise, emphasises, emphasize, overemphasis/emphasise: de-emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, overemphasise, re-emphasise/overemphasise: overemphasised, overemphasising/overemphasize: overemphasized, overemphasizes, overemphasizing/re-emphasize: re-emphasized USAGE EXAMPLESBut the Democratic governor emphasized that the decision will rest with a parole board. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) But he emphasized students will benefit most from CAPS. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Reynolds won sympathy as the innocent victim, a role emphasized when she appeared before news cameras with diaper pins on her blouse. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) adj spoken with emphasis Syn emphasised, emphatic accented, stressed bearing a stress or accent |
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