accentuate
accentuate[əkˈsɛntʃueɪt -tju-]verb- [with obj.]make more noticeable or prominent
突出,强调
his jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch.
他的上衣很不适宜地突出了他的大肚子。
语源- mid 18th cent.: from medieval Latin accentuat- 'accented', from the verb accentuare, from accentus 'tone' (see accent)
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