accentuating
present participle ofaccentuate
| 单词 | accentuating |
| 释义 | accentuating present participle ofaccentuate accentuate verb[T] uk/əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/us/əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/toemphasizeaparticularfeatureof something or to make something morenoticeable: Herdresswastightlybelted, accentuating theslimnessof herwaist. The newpolicyonlyservesto accentuate theinadequacyofhelpfor thehomeless. Stressing & emphasizing
Examplesofaccentuatingaccentuating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. More marked has come to mean ' less informative than ', or else 'accentuating' (61) affirmative statements either by presupposing them or by correcting them. From theCambridge English Corpus Accentuatingauthenticity and a concomitant cultural autochthony, their vividness breeds essentialization and theoretical impasse. From theCambridge English Corpus Through highlighting these elements andaccentuatingtheir qualities, the audience's response to the site and the work became potentially guided by the choreographer. From theCambridge English Corpus The external space on to which the children look is bathed in sunlight,accentuatingthe sculptural and the interrelatedness of things. From theCambridge English Corpus One larva may attack several stems, thusaccentuatingthe injury. From theCambridge English Corpus From this perspective, one can commend social psychologists foraccentuatingthe negative. From theCambridge English Corpus By this assessment, ' libertarian paternalism ' may be a recipe foraccentuatinglong-term income inequality. From theCambridge English Corpus These were calculatedaccentuatinga person with the ' typical ' risk behaviours in the population, for example, in a situation with a heterogeneous mixing of partners. From theCambridge English Corpus They were not lying, but rather veiling - both concealing the facts andaccentuatingthat concealment. From theCambridge English Corpus A transcription is also sometimes a listening grid which, byaccentuatinga certain comprehension of the sound recording, blocks any alternate reading of the sound. From theCambridge English Corpus The chosen specialty should be a means ofaccentuatingstrengths and of developing a personally inspired and unique way of serving. From theCambridge English Corpus But it also amplifies these conclusions, highlighting exceptions (and partial exceptions) andaccentuatingthe differences between cases. From theCambridge English Corpus They were experienced as super-uous, distracting oraccentuatingthe characteristics of an alien culture, or restricting the possibilities to produce one's own mental images. From theCambridge English Corpus A comparison framework of existing spatio-temporal database models was also provided,accentuatingthe specific spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal semantics of the models, while their corresponding query capabilities were also explored. From theCambridge English Corpus This will involve experimenting and working together with mutual respect,accentuatingthe craft of the work over the romantic egotism of its 'art'. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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