| 单词 | de-emphasize |
| 释义 | de-emphasize in British English or de-emphasise (diːˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) verb (transitive) to remove emphasis from de-emphasize in American English (diˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈde-emphaˌsized or ˈde-emphaˌsizing to remove emphasis from; lessen the importance or prominence of Derived forms de-emphasis (de-ˈemphasis) (diˈəmfəsɪs) noun de-emphasize in American English (diˈemfəˌsaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -sized, -sizing to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football Also esp Brit de-emphasise Word origin [1935–40; de- + emphasize]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, bingo, blitz, roomette, unit trustde- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound) |
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