emphasis
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/ 名词 B1中文： 强调、强势
- Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. · He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- Special attention or prominence given to something. · Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.· Put emphasis on the advantages rather than the drawbacks.
- Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. · He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
- The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
- The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
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“The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so.
“He has been so unlucky as to lose your friendship,” replied Elizabeth, with emphasis, “and in a manner which he is likely to suffer from all his life.”
Then the king, who, without our suspecting it, had overheard our conversation, interrupted us by saying, ‘Villefort’—observe that the king did not pronounce the word Noirtier, but, on the contrary, placed considerable emphasis on that of Villefort—‘Villefort,’ said his majesty, ‘is a young man of great judgment and discretion, who will be sure to make a figure in his profession; I like him much, and it gave me great pleasure to hear that he was about to become the son-in-law of the Marquis and Marquise de Saint-Méran.
The magistrate laid emphasis on these words, as if he wished to apply them to the owner himself, while his eyes seemed to plunge into the heart of one who, interceding for another, had himself need of indulgence.
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