| 单词 | emphatic |
| 释义 | emphatic (once / 485 pages) adj Emphatic means forceful and clear. Nicole's mother was emphatic when she told her not to come home late again. When something is emphatic, it imparts emphasis. A sentence is made emphatic by adding an exclamation point, and the word carries with it the important and urgent feeling of that punctuation mark. If a baseball team defeats another by 10 runs, the victory is emphatic because like strong speech, the victory is clear and forceful. WORD FAMILYemphatic: emphatically, unemphatic+/unemphatic: unemphatically USAGE EXAMPLES“The data provided a “flicker of optimism” Mizuho Bank economists said in a commentary, “But this is a far cry from an emphatic recovery.” Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Scallywag skipper David Witt was emphatic that “the race record will be broken.” Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Monk is emphatic about improving his rebounding and acknowledges that phase of his game is a work in progress for Kentucky’s backcourt. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj spoken with emphasis an emphatic word Syn emphasised, emphasized accented, stressed bearing a stress or accent 2adj sudden and strong an emphatic no Syn exclamatory forceful characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) 3adj forceful and definite in expression or action the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty Syn forceful assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive aggressively self-assured |
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