emphasis
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈemfəsɪs/
/ˈemfəsɪs/
(plural emphases
[uncountable, countable] /ˈemfəsiːz/
/ˈemfəsiːz/
)- special importance that is given to something
强调；重视；重要性 - emphasis on/upon something Since the elections there has been a greater emphasis on education.
自选举以来，人们更加重视教育。 - to put/lay/place emphasis on something
强调／重视某事 - to put particular/special/strong emphasis on something
特别强调某事 - Increased emphasis is now being placed on corporate image.
现在越来越强调企业形象。 - emphasis on/upon doing something The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language.
重点主要放在学习口语上。 - There is too much emphasis on reducing costs.
过分强调降低成本。 - with an emphasis on something We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.
我们提供各种信息服务，尤其是法律咨询。 - There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries.
重点已经从制造业向服务行业转移。 - The course has a vocational emphasis.
这门课程着重职业培训。 - The examples we will look at have quite different emphases.
我们将要研究观察的例子所强调的重点很不相同。
Language Bank emphasisemphasisHighlighting an important point强调重点 - This case emphasizes/highlights the importance of honest communication between managers and employees.
这个事例凸显出经理与员工之间坦诚交流的重要性。
- This case emphasizes/highlights the importance of honest communication between managers and employees.
- Effective communication skills are essential/crucial/vital.
有效的交流技巧是至关重要的。
- Effective communication skills are essential/crucial/vital.
- It should be noted that this study considers only verbal communication. Non-verbal communication is not dealt with here.
应该注意的是本研究只考查了言语交流，在此没有涉及非言语交流。
- It should be noted that this study considers only verbal communication. Non-verbal communication is not dealt with here.
- It is important to remember that/An important point to remember is that non-verbal communication plays a key role in getting your message across.
非言语交流在传递信息过程中起着重要的作用，记住这一点非常重要。
- It is important to remember that/An important point to remember is that non-verbal communication plays a key role in getting your message across.
- Communication is not only about the words you use but also your body language and, especially/above all, the effectiveness with which you listen.
交流不仅涉及使用的词语，同时也涉及身体语言，尤其与能否有效听取对方的话有关。
- Communication is not only about the words you use but also your body language and, especially/above all, the effectiveness with which you listen.
- I would like to draw attention to the role of listening in effective communication.
我想让大家注意倾听在有效交流中扮演的角色。
- I would like to draw attention to the role of listening in effective communication.
- Choose your words carefully: in particular, avoid confusing and ambiguous language.
注意用词，特别是避免使用令人费解和有歧义的语言。
- Choose your words carefully: in particular, avoid confusing and ambiguous language.
- Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you must learn to listen as well as to speak.
最后，也许是最重要的，你不仅要学会说还要学会听。
- Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you must learn to listen as well as to speak.
- The alternative explanation puts more emphasis on economic factors.
另一种解释更强调经济因素。 - Both subjects should be given equal emphasis.
应给予两门课程同等的重视。 - Education received special emphasis.
教育受到了特别重视。 - Examine the events leading to the war, with particular emphasis on France's role in them.
研究导致战争的事件，重点关注法国在这些事件中扮演的角色。 - I believe the education system places undue emphasis on exam results.
我认为这个教育制度过分重视考试成绩。 - In recent years, the emphasis has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them.
近几年，重点已从惩罚吸毒者转为帮助他们。 - Little emphasis was placed on educating people about the dangers.
几乎不重视教育人们如何应对危险。 - The Democrats shifted the emphasis away from direct taxation.
民主党人不再强调直接征税。 - The company lays great emphasis on customer care.
公司非常重视对顾客的关怀。 - The emphasis is on keeping fit rather than developing lots of muscles.
重点是保持健康而不是练出一身肌肉。 - We discussed where the main emphasis should be placed.
我们讨论了主要的重点应放在哪里。 - a cultural emphasis on educational achievement
注重教育成果的文化 - schools that put a heavy emphasis on sporting achievement
非常重视体育成绩的学校 - with the new emphasis on individuality and creative expression
把新重点放在个性和创新性表达上
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- great
- …
- give
- lay
- place
- …
- move
- shift
- fall on something
- …
- emphasis on
- emphasis upon
- a change of emphasis
- a shift of emphasis
- emphasis on/upon something Since the elections there has been a greater emphasis on education.
- the extra force given to a word or phrase when spoken, especially in order to show that it is important; a way of writing a word (for example drawing a line below it) to show that it is important
（对某个词或短语的）强调，加重语气，重读 - emphasis on something You're placing the emphasis on the wrong syllable.
你把重点放在了错误的音节上。 - He put extra emphasis on the word ‘never’.
他额外强调“绝不”这个词。 - with emphasis 'I can assure you,’ she added with emphasis, ‘the figures are correct.’
“我可以向你保证，” 她加重语气补充道，“这些数字是正确的。”
- His slight emphasis on the word ‘Lady’ was definitely mocking.
他稍稍强调“女士”，这无疑是一种讥讽。 - She repeated the question with emphasis.
她强调地重复了问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- slight
- extra
- …
- put
- with emphasis
- emphasis on
- emphasis on something You're placing the emphasis on the wrong syllable.
词源late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.