accentuation

accentuation
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of emphasizing something
    着重,强调
    the accentuation of the Treasury's currency policy.
    强调财政部的货币政策。
    ■the prominence of a thing relative to a norm
    (比正常的)突出
    a condition with accentuation of female characteristics.
    女性特征被强化的状况。
    ■the pattern of relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
    (短语或话语中)重读法;重音法
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: in early use from medieval Latin accentuatio(n-); in later use (early 19th cent.) from accentuate
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