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单词 emphatic
释义
emphatic
adjective
uk
/emˈfæt.ɪk/us
/emˈfæt̬.ɪk/
If someone or something that they do or say is emphatic, it isstrongandclear, without anypossibilityfordoubt:
Polandreachedthefinalof thechampionshipyesterdaywith an emphatic 5–0victoryover Italy.波兰队昨天5比0大胜意大利队，杀入了锦标赛的决赛。
Theministerhasissuedan emphaticrejectionof theaccusation.部长发表声明断然驳斥了这一指控。
She was emphatic about the need tomeetthedeadline.
languagespecialized
An emphatic word orsoundis one that isstressed(= given moreforceorimportancethanothers):
In somecasesemphatic orstressedformsof "be" are used, forexample"Wealth ISpower."
In thiscontext"me" may beseenas emphatic but it does notgenerallyreceiveemphaticstress.
Thenounmay bemodifiedby an emphaticpronoun.
Opposite
non-emphatic
languagespecialized
used fordescribingaparticulartypeofconsonantin somelanguages, forexampleArabic,Aramaic, andHebrew:
Arabicdistinguishesbetween emphatic and non-emphaticconsonants.
Opposite
non-emphatic
More examples
  • In an emphaticwin, hereceivedtwiceas manyvotesas his fouropponentscombined.
  • Shestuckto her emphaticdenialsthat she had anyknowledgeof thedeal.
  • Both men wereequallyemphatic that they werequalifiedtolead.
  • Hisreplywas emphatic andimmediate: "Absolutely not."
  • She gave an emphaticnodofagreement.
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emphatically
(Definition ofemphaticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
emphatic
adjective
uk
/emˈfæt.ɪk/us
/emˈfæt̬.ɪk/
done or said in astrongway and without anydoubt
坚决的，断然的，有力的
Polandreachedthefinalof thechampionshipyesterdaywith an emphatic 5–0victoryover Italy.波兰队昨天5比0大胜意大利队，杀入了锦标赛的决赛。
Theministerhasissuedan emphaticrejectionof theaccusation.部长发表声明断然驳斥了这一指控。

emphatic| American Dictionary

emphatic
adjective
us
/emˈfæt̬·ɪk/
stronganddeterminedinspeechoraction, so that what is said or done getsattention:
Godard is emphatic about hispreference.

emphatically

adverbus
/emˈfæt̬·ɪk·li/
He emphaticallydeniedtherumors.
(Definition ofemphaticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemphatic

emphatic
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, people began to see revolutions asemphaticdisruptions of the past, as new points in a line.
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For contrast, a minority of the motives are treated in block chords, being preceded by anemphaticcadence in all voices simultaneously.
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All negative and interrogative constructions,emphaticclauses, and imperatives were excluded, as well.
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It fostered reflection in the audience and avoided ' ' theemphaticflood which a realistic portrayal of the same tale and character might unloose.
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Reviews 281 voiced interdental fricative and the voicedemphaticdental stop have merged as a pharyngealised dental-alveolar stop.
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This kind of construction is againemphaticin nature and it is mainly used as a request for locative information missed from a previous utterance.
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Similarly, the achievement index shows the more developed a society is, the lessemphaticthe achievement orientation of its population.
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She wasemphaticthat none of the four did anything for her, but instead ' had the cheek' to come to her for money.
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The production itself eschewedemphaticgesture for a subtle stagecraft.
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For example, a subject noun phrase or pronoun may be "echoed" by a clitic, withoutemphaticor contrastive effect.
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Again, the negative example (here in anemphatic, sublime way) is used to educate the listener's patriotic sensibilities.
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The negative attitude is therefore closely related to the proposition expressed, reinforced by theemphaticdemand conveyed by the prosody.
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In the final analysis, theseemphaticinstances were included with cases of ordinary rhythm group-final stress, yielding a contrast between stressed and unstressed position.
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Yet hisemphaticchampioning of ideology over pragmatics can come to seem a rather artificial intervention.
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They mention 0 0 that a number of dialects have lost theemphatic-non-emphaticcontrast, but fail to explain that the dialects concerned are peripheral (275).
From theCambridge English Corpus
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