emphatic

emphatic
adjective
  1. showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly
    强调的;坚决的,断然的
    the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.
    孩子们强调说他们愿意再体验一下。
    an emphatic movement of his hand.
    他坚决果断的手势。
    ■(of an action or event or its result) definite and clear
    (行动、事件或其结果)明显的,突出的
    an emphatic World Cup win.
    世界杯上取得的令人瞩目的胜利。
    ■(of word or syllable) bearing the stress
    (词,音节)重读的
    ■(Linguistics)denoting certain Arabic consonants which are pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx
    (语言学)阿拉伯语中某些通过牙齿咬合及咽部收缩而发出的辅音
noun
  1. (Linguistics)an emphatic consonant
    (语言学)重读辅音
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis (see emphasis)
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