英语词汇accent怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

accent

æksənt  ˈæksənt  ækˈsɛnt  ˈækˌsɛnt 

Word forms: plural accents

1 N-COUNT 腔调;口音;土音 Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from. 腔调;口音;土音

He had developed a slight American accent.

他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。

SYN pronunciation, tone, articulation, inflection

2 N-COUNT （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号 An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced. （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号

3 N-SING 重点;强调;关注 If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance. 重点;强调;关注

He is putting the accent on military readiness. [+ on]

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。

SYN emphasis, stress, importance, priority

Quotations

The accent of one's birthplace lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's speech Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maximes

I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly Jimmy Carr The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (US TV chat show)

Word Partnership

Word Partnership	Use accent with:
ADJ.	American/French accent, regional accent, thick accent 1
ADV.	heavily accented 1
VERB.	have an accent 1 put the accent on 2 3

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