emphasis /ˈemfəsis/ n.(多作[u])1.强调，着重点：put/place the strong/great/main/major/much/special emphasis on …特别/专门强调…［考句］In recent years much more emphasis has been put on developing the students’ productive skills.最近几年更强调开发学生的从事创造经济价值活动的能力。He threw a hard emphasis on those words. 他把那几个词说得很重。 2.重音，读得重：You put too much emphasis on the last syllable. 最后一个音节你读得太重。
emphasize/emphasise /ˈemfəsaiz/ vt. 强调，着重处理： It cannot be emphasized enough that … 无论怎么强调…也不过分。I need hardly emphasize the point. 我几乎不需要强调这一点。
emphatic /imˈfætik/ adj. 1. 强调的，着重的：He remained emphatic on the point. 他仍然强调这一点。2. 加强语气的：He answered the question with an emphatic “No". 他用“不”回答这个问题，语气很坚决。3. 有力的；断然的；显著的：an emphatic victory 大胜
emphatically adv. 强调地；有力地
