accent
- n.口音;重音;强调;着重点;腔调;变音符号（标在字母上）;土音
- vt.强调;突出;着重
复数： accents 过去式： accented 现在分词： accenting 过去分词： accented 第三人称单数： accents
ac- 朝,向,去 + cent- 唱
accentnoun
口音；腔调；土音
a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from
a northern/Dublin/Indian/Scottish accent
北方 / 都柏林 / 印度 / 苏格兰口音
a strong/broad accent (= one that is very noticeable)
浓重的口音
She spoke English with an accent .
她说英语带有口音。
着重点；强调
a special importance that is given to sth
In all our products the accent is on quality.
我们的全部产品都是强调质量。
重音
the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying it
In ‘today’ the accent is on the second syllable.
today一词的重音在第二音节。
变音符号（标在字母上）
a mark on a letter to show that it should be pronounced in a particular way
Canapé has an accent on the ‘e’.
canapé在e上面有尖音符号。
verb
VN着重；强调；突出
to emphasize a part of sth
accent
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N-COUNT 腔调;口音;土音
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.He had developed a slight American accent.
他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。
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N-COUNT （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced. -
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N-SING 重点;强调;关注
If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.He is putting the accent on military readiness...
他强调要保持备战状态。
noun
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- a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- Synonym: accent mark
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- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- he put the stress on the wrong syllable
- Synonym: stress emphasis
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- distinctive manner of oral expression
- he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent
- she had a very clear speech pattern
- Synonym: speech pattern
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- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- he has a strong German accent
- it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
- Synonym: dialect idiom
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- special importance or significance
- the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis
- the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
- Synonym: emphasis
verb
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- put stress on;utter with an accent
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
- Synonym: stress accentuate
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- to stress, single out as important
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- Synonym: stress emphasize emphasise punctuate accentuate
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The way she puts on that accent really irritates me .
她故意操那种口音的样子实在令我恼火。
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Years of living in England had eliminated all trace of her American accent .
她因多年居住在英国，美国口音已荡然无存。
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I wish he wouldn 't affect that ridiculous accent .
但愿他别故意装出那种可笑的腔调。
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His accent was impossible to place .
他的口音无法辨认。
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She spoke English with an accent .
她说英语带有口音。
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She spoke with a strong Australian accent .
她说话带有浓重的澳大利亚口音。
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He 's always mocking my French accent .
他总是嘲笑我的法国口音。
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He spoke heavily accented English .
他说英语带有浓重的异国口音。
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I 'm sure he exaggerates his Irish accent .
我肯定他把他的爱尔兰口音故意说得很重。
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He tried to disguise his accent .
他竭力掩饰自己的口音。
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She spoke with a phoney Russian accent .
她用一种伪装的俄国腔调说话。
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Everybody laughs at my accent .
大家都拿我的口音取笑。
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He spoke with a Scots accent .
他说话带苏格兰口音。
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He mimicked her southern accent .
他滑稽地模仿她的南方口音。
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His accent was unmistakably British .
他明显地操英国口音。
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His accent proclaimed him to be a Scot .
他的口音表明他是苏格兰人。
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Can you do a Welsh accent ?
你能模仿威尔士口音吗？
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His accent proclaimed him a Scot .
他的口音表明他是苏格兰人。
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She speaks in this ridiculous mockney accent .
她模仿伦敦东区人的口音拿腔拿调地说话。
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His accent was so faux .
他的口音听上去很假。
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Her accent was unmistakable .
她的口音是很明显的。
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He had an unidentifiable accent .
他的口音难以识别。
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There is often a strong accent on material success .
经常大力强调物质成就。
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He answered our questions in English but with a thick accent
他用英语回答了我们的问题，不过口音很重。
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He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster
他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。
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Brand 's keen ear caught the trace of an accent .
布兰德敏锐的耳朵听出了口音。
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I spoke rather good , but heavily accented English
我的英语说得不错，但是口音很重。
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Many people in Minnesota and Tennessee have noticeable regional accents .
明尼苏达州和田纳西州的许多人都有明显的地区口音。
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He had developed a slight American accent .
他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。
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He spoke with a heavy rural accent .
他说话带着浓重的农村口音。
指尽力突出的重点或重要性。
Morality was the emphasis of his speech.
道德问题是他讲话的重点。
This book places a special emphasis on air pollution.
这本书特别强调了空气污染问题。
指某一事物的着重点。
He gave a speech with the accent on education.
他发表了讲话，重点在教育方面。
The company put the accent on new information technology.
该公司把重点放在新信息技术上面。
可与 emphasis 换用，侧重指对某一观念、事实、活动等给予的特别关注或重视。
He lays stress/emphasis on honesty as an important virtue.
他强调诚实是一种重要的美德。
The stress/emphasis of our work should now be on agriculture.
我们现在的工作重点应该放在农业上。
指某种语言或某个词的读音。
You should bear in mind the correct pronunciation of the words while learning English.
学习英语的时候你要记住单词的正确发音。
She has excellent pronunciation.
她的发音好极了。
指能体现出地域特点的发音方式。
Why did he speak with a fake German accent?
他为什么假装用德国口音说话？
Have you noticed that she speaks Spanish with an accent?
你是否已经注意到她说西班牙语带有口音？
指同一种语言在不同地区的变体。
The characters in that novel speak a Yorkshire dialect.
那部小说里的人物讲的是一种约克郡方言。
Is it difficult to understand the Shanghai dialect?
上海方言难懂吗？
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