emphasis

emphasis /'emfəsis/
  • danh từ, số nhiều emphases
    • sự nhấn mạnh; (ngôn ngữ học) sự nhấn giọng
    • tầm quan trọng
    • sự bối rối, sự rõ nét
 cường điệu
 nhấn mạnh
 sự gia cường
error emphasis
 sự làm nổi bật lỗi
error emphasis
 sự tô đậm lỗi
pre emphasis
 mạch tăng cường

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically

Xem thêm: accent, vehemence, stress, accent



emphasis

Từ điển Collocation

emphasis noun

1 special importance/attention

ADJ. considerable, great, heavy, increased schools that put a heavy emphasis on sporting achievement | strong | main discussing where the main emphasis should be placed | particular, special Examine the events leading to the war, with particular emphasis on France's role in them.

VERB + EMPHASIS give, lay, place, put The company lays great emphasis on customer care. | shift The Democrats shifted the emphasis away from direct taxation.

EMPHASIS + VERB move, shift In recent years, the emphasis has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them.

PREP. ~ on/upon The emphasis is on keeping fit rather than developing lots of muscles.

PHRASES a change/shift of emphasis

2 stress on a word/phrase

ADJ. great ‘I’, he said with great emphasis, ‘was the one.’ | slight His slight emphasis on the word ‘Lady’ was definitely mocking.

VERB + EMPHASIS put

PREP. with ~ She repeated the question with emphasis. | ~ on Put the emphasis on the second syllable.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • special importance or significance; accent

    the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis

    the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents

  • intensity or forcefulness of expression; vehemence

    the vehemence of his denial

    his emphasis on civil rights

  • special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
  • the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); stress, accent

    he put the stress on the wrong syllable

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

emphases
syn.: accent importance insistence stress