accentuate
accentuate
ac.cen.tu.ate AHD[²k-sµn“ch›-³t”] DJ[#k6sent.u87e!t] KK[#k6sWnt.u7et]
v.tr.(及物动词) ac.cen.tu.at.ed,ac.cen.tu.at.ing,ac.cen.tu.ates
1.To stress or emphasize; intensify:
    强调;加强:
  “enacted sweeping land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding”(&b{James Fallows})
   “颁布土地改革计划,加重了本来就混乱的土地所有制形式”(詹姆斯·法洛斯)
2.To pronounce with a stress or an accent.
    重读:重读或以重音读出
3.To mark with an accent.
    加重音符号
ORIGIN
1.Medieval Latinaccentu³re accentu³t-
    中世纪拉丁语accentu³re accentu³t-
2.from Latinaccentus [accent] * see accent
    源自 拉丁语accentus [重音] *参见accent
DERIVATIVES
▪accen”tua“tion n.(名词)