| 单词 | re-emphasize |
| 释义 | re-emphasize (once / 125738 pages) v When you make a clear point again, you re-emphasize it. Politicians running for office tend to re-emphasize the same points over and over....and over again. When someone re-emphasizes a point or idea, they've expressed it at least once before, and now they're accentuating its importance. You could complain about potholes by calling the city hotline, and then re-emphasize your unhappiness with the roads by writing a letter to the editor of your local paper. Re-emphasize adds the "again" prefix re- to emphasize, from the Greek emphasis, which was used in rhetoric to mean "significance" or "indirect meaning." WORD FAMILYre-emphasize: re-emphasized+/de-emphasize: de-emphasized/emphasis: emphases, emphasise, emphasises, emphasize, overemphasis/emphasise: de-emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, overemphasise, re-emphasise/emphasize: de-emphasize, emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing, overemphasize, re-emphasize/overemphasise: overemphasised, overemphasising/overemphasize: overemphasized, overemphasizes, overemphasizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe prosecutors are also likely to re-emphasize the considerable evidence of Mr. Roof’s premeditation and clearly articulated racial intent. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) That Twitter message apparently prompted a phone call from Obama the next day, when the president and president-elect tried to re-emphasize their cooperation. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) That Twitter message apparently prompted a phone call from Mr. Obama the next day, when the president and president-elect tried to re-emphasize their cooperation. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) v emphasize anew The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity Syn|Hyper re-emphasise accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress to stress, single out as important |
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