accent

英[ˈæksent; ˈæksənt]
美[ ˈæksent,ˈæksənt]

基本释义

  • n.口音,腔调; 重音; 重音符号
  • v.强调; 重读

词性变化

实用例句

In all our products the accent is on quality.

我们的全部产品都是强调质量。

牛津词典

In ‘today ’ the accent is on the second syllable.

today一词的重音在第二音节。

牛津词典

Canapé has an accent on the ‘e ’.

canapé在e上面有尖音符号。

牛津词典

She spoke English with an accent .

她说英语带有口音。

牛津词典

a northern/Dublin/Indian/Scottish accent

北方 / 都柏林 / 印度 / 苏格兰口音

牛津词典

a strong/broad accent (= one that is very noticeable)

浓重的口音

牛津词典

He had developed a slight American accent.

他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。

He is putting the accent on military readiness...

他强调要保持备战状态。

There is often a strong accent on material success.

经常大力强调物质成就。

What you need to do is to make peaple happy, you need to have confidence.

你要做的事情就是要让人快乐, 请你一定要有信心.

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He has a slight Shandong accent.

他略微有些山东口音.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The kids all put on a phoney American accent.

这些小孩都操着一副假冒的美国腔.

《简明英汉词典》

As soon as we heard his accent, we knew he was from Sichuan.

一听他的腔调, 就知道是四川人.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Please accent the first syllable.

请重读第一个音节.

《简明英汉词典》

The room was quiet and neutral in colouring , but it was given accent by bowls of bright flowers.

室内色彩素静, 但是一盆盆的鲜花,使屋子大为增色.

《简明英汉词典》

His accent argues him to be a foreigner.

他的腔调表明他是个外国人.

《简明英汉词典》

Using a false accent over the phone is a sign of inferiority.

打电话时故意作出某种口音是自卑的表现.

《简明英汉词典》

Her British accent is just a mannerism picked up on her visit to London.

她的英国口音是她访问伦敦学会的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

This is a secondary accent.

这个是次重音.

《简明英汉词典》

He speaks with a British accent, but that is just an affectation because he's not British.

他说话带有英国口音, 但这是装出来的,因为他不是英国人.

《简明英汉词典》

This person speaks with a Shandong accent.

这人说话带山东调儿.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He has a peculiar accent.

他的口音很特别.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Her accent argues that she is from Dalian.

她的口音表明了她是大连人.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She speaks French with an atrocious accent.

她讲法语带有很难听的口音。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a cod American accent

假装的美国口音

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The way she puts on that accent really irritates me.

她故意操那种口音的样子实在令我恼火。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She speaks in this ridiculous mockney accent.

她模仿伦敦东区人的口音拿腔拿调地说话。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

真题例句

Realizing that this particular audience would find his regional accent unattractive, Larry planned to speak with an accent that would be more acceptable to his audience.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

By speaking with the local accent.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

A person's accent reflects his class.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

British attitudes towards accent have a long tradition.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC english as the least.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Most people said this accent sounded 'educated' and 'soft'.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

One unchanging aspect of a British person's class position is accent.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional地区的city accents.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

These accents were seen as "common" and "ugly".

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. distinctive manner of oral expression;

    "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"

    "she had a very clear speech pattern"

  • 2. special importance or significance;

    "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"

    "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"

  • 3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

    "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"

    "he has a strong German accent"

  • 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

    "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

  • 5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Verb
  • 1. to stress, single out as important;

    "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

  • 2. put stress on; utter with an accent;

    "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"