accent
n
1 [C] emphasis given to a syllable or word by means of stress or pitch 重音(用重读或提高音调的方法使一音节或词突出)
In the word `today' the accent is on the second syllable. today一字的重音在第二个音节上.
2 [C] mark or symbol, usu above a letter, used in writing and printing to indicate such emphasis or the quality of a vowel sound 重音符号(用於书写印刷中, 表示一元音的重音或音值的符号, 通常标在字母上方).
3 [C, U] national, local or individual way of pronouncing words (民族, 地方或个人的)口音, 腔调, 土腔
speak English with a foreign accent 说英语带外国腔
have an American accent 有美国口音
a voice without (a trace of) accent 不带(丝毫)地方口音的声音. Cf 参看 brogue, dialect.
4 [C usu sing, U 作可数名词时通常作单数, 亦作不可数名词]
special emphasis given to sth (对某事物的)强调; 重点
In all our products the accent is on quality. 在我们一切产品中, 最重视的就是质量.
accent v [Tn]
1 pronounce (a word or syllable) with emphasis 重读(一词或音节).
2 write accents on (words, etc) 把重音符号加在(词等)上.
Several weeks after that, I will plant them in rows in the field.
再过几个星期,我还要把它们一行行地栽到菜地里。
Are you coming on Saturday?
你星期六来吗?
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.