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单词 emphasis
释义
emphasis
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈem.fə.sɪs/us
/ˈem.fə.sɪs/
pluralemphasesuk/ˈem.fə.siːz/us/ˈem.fə.siːz/
B2
theparticularimportanceorattentionthat is given to something:
重视；强调
Ithinkwe should put as much emphasisonpreventingdiseaseas we do oncuringit.我认为我们应该像重视治疗一样重视疾病的预防。
Schools hereput/place/laygreatemphasisonwrittenworkandgrammar.这里的学校特别重视写作和语法。
theextraforcethat is given to a word orpartof a word when it isspoken:
重读；重音
The emphasis isonthefinalsyllable.重音在最后一个音节上。
Where do youputthe emphasis in the word "controversy"?"controversy"这个词的重音在哪个音节上？
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  • Too much emphasis isplacedon thedesirabilityof beingthin.
  • Theschoolputs a lot of emphasis onteachingchildrentoreadand write.
  • You can neverplaceenough emphasis upon theimportanceofsafety.
  • Words are sometimesitalicizedfor emphasis.
  • Sheplacedthe emphasis on the word 'soon'.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • lax
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  • macron
  • misemphasis
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Stressing & emphasizing
(Definition ofemphasisfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

emphasis| American Dictionary

emphasis
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈem·fə·səs/
pluralemphasesus/ˈem·fəˌsiz/
specialattentiongiven to something because it isimportantor because youwantit to benoticed, or anexampleof this:
[U]Shepausedfor emphasis.
[U]Inschools, the emphasis onprogramminghasdeclinedinrecentyears.
(Definition ofemphasisfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemphasis

emphasis
The so-called principles of administrative design - such as purpose, process, clientele and place - provide conflicting emphases not straightforward solutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In such circumstances, narrow emphases on teaching language rules, sentence patterns, vocabulary will serve these learners poorly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They argue that the resulting landscape, reflecting on apparent differences of opinion, is in fact the result of differences in emphases, rather than actual disagreements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is some reinventing the wheel, but there are also fresh emphases.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both these emphases prefigure those of twentiethcentury liberation theologies with their focus on disenfranchised groups and on social justice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Fitting comfortably with conservatives' emphases on organization and on achieving positions of power was a harmony between the older generation and the new.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Over time, market liberalism (or laissez-faire) and regulatory and welfare-state liberalism (or progressivism) offered rival strains of or emphases within the liberal tradition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Though social and cultural emphases have always been strong, study of the early modern court more generally has undergone a similar process.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The songbooks of the respective denominations differ from each other in several respects, having varying aims, personal emphases and religious content.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Similarly, ' '' the council meets every day, and contrary to his practice the king is present ' '' (pp. 92 and 111, emphases mine).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Differential emotions theorists accept the general framework of the organizational perspective but qualify it by adding four distinct emphases.
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Historians have most commonly argued that this was achieved through emphases on non-communal, secular values.
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We focus on four factors that may yield differential emphases on common nouns and main verbs across the three languages.
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Together they suggested not so much a diversity of views as a multitude of emphases within a collective concept.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The development of radio and television, of new technologies to record speech, create new emphases whose significance it is as yet difficult to grasp.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithemphasis

emphasis

These are words often used in combination withemphasis.

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added emphasis
These pieces may indicate the four-par t division of the world, with anaddedemphasison the center quadrant represented by the fifth effigy vessel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
considerable emphasis
Similarly, courtship and marriage have been givenconsiderableemphasisamong historians of the family.
From theCambridge English Corpus
continued emphasis on
Continuedemphasison cost containment will hasten the transformation.
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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