| 单词 | highlight |
| 释义 | highlight (once / 853 pages) nv If you missed the big game, don't worry — you can still catch the highlights on the news. A highlight is the most important or memorable part of something. If you don’t have time to listen to your friend’s long, involved story, you might say, "Just give me the highlights." Highlight can also mean "a lightness or a bright area." If someone puts highlights in their hair, they are adding bright streaks to their hair. When used as a verb, highlight means "to emphasize." You may want to highlight the best grades on a report card while downplaying the lesser ones. WORD FAMILYhighlight: highlighted, highlighter, highlighting, highlights+/highlighter: highlighters USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the highlights of the holiday season for me was attending the “It’s a Wonderful Life” Festival in Seneca Falls, New York. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Here are lists of this month’s highlights by two critics for The New York Times. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) She’s also showing off some pink highlights in her hair. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an area of lightness in a picture Syn|Hyper highlighting light, lightness the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures 2n the most interesting or memorable part the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican Syn|Hyper high spot detail, item, particular a small part that can be considered separately from the whole 3v apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent highlight the area above your eyebrows Hyper make up apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier 4v move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics Syn|Ant|Hyper foreground, play up, spotlight background, downplay, play down understate the importance or quality of bring out, set off direct attention to, as if by means of contrast |
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