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accentuate 音标拼音: [æks'ɛntʃuet] vt. 以重音念,强调,重读 以重音念,强调,重读 accentuate v 1: to stress, single out as important; " Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [ synonym: { stress}, { emphasize}, { emphasise}, { punctuate}, { accent}, { accentuate}] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; " In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [ synonym: { stress}, { accent}, { accentuate}] Accentuate \ Ac* cen" tu* ate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Accentuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Accentuating}.] [ LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.] 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. [ 1913 Webster] In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. -- London Times. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To mark with the written accent. [ 1913 Webster] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " accentuate": accent, belabor, dwell on, emphasize, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, place emphasis on, point up, punctuate, rub in, spotlight, star, stress, underline, underscore |
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