accentuate

英 [əkˈsentʃueɪt]

美 [əkˈsentʃueɪt]

v.  着重; 强调; 使突出

过去分词：accentuated　过去式：accentuated　第三人称单数：accentuates　现在分词：accentuating　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9738 / COCA.10880

牛津词典

verb

• 着重；强调；使突出
  to emphasize sth or make it more noticeable

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强调;加重;使更明显
  Toaccentuatesomething means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
  1. His shaven head accentuates his large round face...
     光头使他的大圆脸更加突出。
  2. The whole air of menace was accentuated by the fact that he was so cordial and soft-voiced.
     他如此亲切，说话轻声细语，这更加重了威胁的语气。

英英释义

verb

• put stress on
  1. In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
  Synonym:stressaccent
• to stress, single out as important
  1. Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
  Synonym:stressemphasizeemphasisepunctuateaccent

双语例句

• Is acupuncture cure sciatica good? Can you accentuate inflammation of department of gynaecology?
  针灸治疗坐骨神经痛好不好？会不会加重妇科炎症？
• But at this early stage, we choose to accentuate ( and reward) the positive.
  但在初期，我们选择表扬（并奖励）正确的做法。
• Well-off people will adopt fashions that conceal rather than accentuate their wealth.
  小康人将通过服装的掩盖，而不是加重他们的财富。
• For me, I always wanted to highlight what makes me different and accentuate my personal differences.
  对我而言，我一直希望突出自己的不同之处和个体差异性。
• Another important feature Heroku and Morph Labs accentuate is the painless deployment you get.
  另一个被Heroku和Morph实验室所推崇的重要特性是无痛部署。
• As a final touch, I add a little background gradient fill behind the data to accentuate it.
  最后一步在数据后面增加了一点渐变填充的背景色来突出数据。
• It is important to accentuate your eyes and bring out the natural beauty in them.
  突出眼睛并呈现出它们的自然美很重要。
• These trends exacerbate competition and conflicts over access to land, water and biological resources, accentuate extreme poverty and hunger, and undermine political stability.
  这些趋势加剧了对土地、水和生物资源获得的竞争和冲突，使极端贫穷和饥饿更为突出，破坏了政治稳定。
• A black border like this will help accentuate the colours in your logo design.
  黑色边界像这将有助于加速颜色在您的标志设计。
• This would also accentuate concentration in trading markets.
  此举还会增强交易市场的集中度。