| 单词 | accentuate |
| 释义 | accentuate (once / 2218 pages) v To accentuate something is to emphasize it. If you use a lot of emphasis to describe part of a meal, as in "the steak was SOOO good, and I liked the salad too," you "accent" what "-u" "-ate," or accentuate, the highlight of the meal — the steak. There is an old song with the lyrics "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." The drawn-out pronunciation of the word accentuate (ack-SEN-chew-ate) draws attention to the word, which is exactly what accentuate does: it draws attention to something. Sometimes, though, a negative quality gets the focus, as in "his bad mood did a lot to accentuate his reputation as a grump," but the negative is usually an unintentional way to get attention. WORD FAMILYaccentuate: accentuated, accentuates, accentuating, accentuation+/accent: accented, accenting, accents, accentual, accentuate/accented: accentedest, unaccented/accentual: accentually/accentuation: accentuations USAGE EXAMPLESThe Giants’ offense accentuated their rushing game, not their quarterback. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) It’s a reflection of something, but it tends to accentuate certain parts over others. Golf Digest(Dec 28, 2016) As Chafe observes, the St. John Passion stresses Jesus’ messianic nature and accentuates oppositions between good and evil. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1v to stress, single out as important Syn|Hypo|Hyper accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress background, downplay, play down understate the importance or quality of bring out, set offdirect attention to, as if by means of contrast re-emphasise, re-emphasizeemphasize anew bear downpay special attention to topicalizeemphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence point upemphasize, especially by identification drive home, press home, ram homemake clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscoregive extra weight to (a communication) pick uplift out or reflect from a background wave offdismiss as insignificant foreground, highlight, play up, spotlightmove into the foreground to make more visible or prominent raisebring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project soft-pedalplay down or obscure evince, express, show give expression to 2v put stress on; utter with an accent Syn|Hyper accent, stress articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
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