emphatic
adjective /ɪmˈfætɪk/
/ɪmˈfætɪk/
- an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given with force to show that it is important
强调的;有力的 - an emphatic denial/rejection
断然的否认/拒绝
- an emphatic denial/rejection
- (of a person
) making it very clear what you mean by speaking with force人 明确表示的;加强语气的 - He was emphatic that he could not work with her.
他强调他不能与她共事。 - She was equally emphatic about the importance of discipline.
她同样强调纪律的重要性。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- He was emphatic that he could not work with her.
- an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount
(胜负)明显的,突出的,显著的 Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
词源early 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis 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’.