accents

英 [ækˈsents]

美 [ækˈsents]

n.  口音; 腔调; 土音; 着重点; 强调; 重音
v.  着重; 强调; 突出
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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 腔调;口音;土音
  Someone who speaks with a particularaccentpronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
  1. He had developed a slight American accent.
     他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。
• （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号
  Anaccentis a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.
• N-SING 重点;强调;关注
  If you put theaccent ona particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.
  1. He is putting the accent on military readiness...
     他强调要保持备战状态。
  2. There is often a strong accent on material success.
     经常大力强调物质成就。

双语例句

• You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all.
  根据前文所述，你们可能以为法国人打算废除各种口音。事实并非如此。
• He speaks with a mixture of accents.
  他说话南腔北调。
• Since every language has its own accents and dialects, the accuracy rate will be higher for native speakers.
  因为每一种语言都有自己的口音和方言，所以母语人士的准确率要更高一些。
• Most of them have strong local accents.
  他们中大多数人有很浓的地方口音。
• In North American English, the letter R is much more pronounced than in most British accents.
  在北美英语，字母R是比大多数英国口音中发音更重。
• Gina does accents extremely well.
  吉娜模仿口音惟妙惟肖。
• I want to understand all kinds of accents!
  我要听懂各种各样的口音！
• I am not in the mood for any more British accents tonight.
  今晚我对英国口音一点兴趣都没。
• The speech accent archive is for anyone who wants to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.
  这份语言口音档案提供给任何想对不同英语朗读者的口音做比较和分析的人士使用。
• The actors have just changed their clothes and altered their accents a little.
  演员们只是变了衣服，变了一点口音。