1 emphasis (on sth) (giving) special importance or attention (to sth) 强调；注重: There's a lot of emphasis on science at our school. 我们学校很注重理科教育。 [C,U] You should put a greater emphasison quality rather than quantity when you write. 写作的时候要多注重质量而不是数量。

2 the force that you give to a word or phrase when you are speaking; a way of writing a word to show that it is important （说话时对某些词语的）强调；（写作时）强调词语的方式: In the word ‘photographer’ the emphasis is on the second syllable. photographer 这个词的重音在第二个音节。 I underlined the key phrases of my letter for emphasis. 我在信中关键的话语下面画线，以示强调。 [SYN] stress ¹ 同义词为 stress^1