emphasis
emphasis — 名詞
1. special attention or importance given to something, making it stand out as more
重視
特別看重某事物的態度
special attention or importance given to something, making it stand out as more significant than other related things.
Tendai's training programme puts great emphasis on building core strength and flexibility.
Tendai 的訓練課程非常重視增強核心力量和柔韌度。
collocation: put + emphasis + on + gerund
Lakshmi placed strong emphasis on teamwork when she led the community garden project.
Lakshmi 在帶領社區花園計畫時，特別強調團隊合作的重要性。
collocation: place + emphasis + on + noun
The new history course places particular emphasis on analysing primary sources rather than textbooks.
新的歷史課程特別重視分析原始資料，而非只看教科書。
Many parents put too much emphasis on exam scores, forgetting their children's overall well-being.
許多父母過度強調考試分數，卻忘了孩子整體的發展。
In her report, Beatrix laid special emphasis on the need for better public transport.
Beatrix 在報告中特別強調改善大眾運輸的需求。
- stress
more direct and interchangeable with 'emphasis' in sense 1; 'stress' also carries a connotation of urgency.
- importance
broader term; 'emphasis' specifically implies highlighting something as important, while 'importance' is the general state of being significant.
- priority
focuses on the order of attention rather than the degree of importance given.
- prominence
suggests something is easily noticed or stands out, often due to position rather than deliberate choice.
- understatement
when something is deliberately presented as less important than it really is.
文法句型
place/put/lay + emphasis + on + noun/gerund
用法筆記
The most common verb patterns with this sense are 'place emphasis on', 'put emphasis on', and (somewhat more formal) 'lay emphasis on'. This sense is uncountable — it does not take an indefinite article or a plural form.
常見錯誤
2. the greater loudness or prominence with which a speaker says a particular syllab
重讀
說話時對音節或詞的重音
the greater loudness or prominence with which a speaker says a particular syllable or word.
In the word 'photograph', the emphasis falls on the first syllable.
在 photograph 這個詞中，重讀落在第一個音節。
pattern: emphasis + falls on + syllable
Daichi used strong emphasis on 'never' to show he would not change his mind.
Daichi 特別重讀了 never，以表示他絕不改變心意。
Iris's first language is Spanish, so she often puts emphasis on the wrong English syllable.
Iris 的母語是西班牙語，所以她常把重音放在錯誤的英文音節上。
Élise placed particular emphasis on 'sorry' so that her apology sounded sincere.
Élise 特別重讀了 sorry，讓她的道歉聽起來很真誠。
Adisa's teacher showed him that the noun 'record' takes emphasis on the first syllable and the verb on the second.
Adisa 的老師告訴他，名詞 record 的重讀在第一個音節，動詞則在第二個音節。
- stress
the more common, everyday term for this linguistic concept; 'stress' is preferred in language teaching contexts.
- accent
can mean emphasis on a syllable but more often refers to a way of pronouncing words associated with a region or social group.
- prominence
a broader term that includes emphasis plus other features such as intonation and length.
文法句型
emphasis + falls on + syllable/word
emphasis + is on + syllable/word
用法筆記
In this sense 'emphasis' can be either countable or uncountable. The plural form 'emphases' is occasionally used when comparing the stress patterns of different words or syllables: 'Compare the emphases on the first syllable of "photograph" and "photography".'