【accent】 - SAT备考词汇

accent

UK:  ['æks(ə)nt]

US:  [æk'sent]

第三人称单数：accents  现在分词：accenting  过去式：accented  

n.

1.音调,声调,口音,腔,土腔

2.重音,扬音,强音;重音符号;韵符;抑扬

3.重音;抑扬顿挫

4.强调

5.声音;话声

6.特征,特色

7.语气,口气

8.〔诗〕词句

9.谈吐

10.字句

v.

1.重读;给…加上重音符号

2.〔美国〕着重说,强调

1 . His open, friendly manner and twinkling eyes showed a sense of humor and his English with a thick accent made him an entertaining host.
他开朗热情，双眼炯炯有神，看得出此人风趣幽默。他那口音浓重的英语使他表现出诚恳好客。

2 . The first case concerned a Norwegian woman in 1941, who developed a strong German accent and was ostracized from her community.
1941年，第一宗病例发生在挪威的一名妇女身上，她患上了一口重重的德国口音并因此受到邻里的排斥。

3 . Despite this drastic life change, Lara still retains the essence of her upbringing - most notably with her polite, upper-class accent.
尽管生活发生了巨大的变化，劳拉仍旧保留了高贵的本质，尤其是她那彬彬有礼的上流社会的口音。

4 . Silver-tone hands with luminous fill make it easy to tell time day or night, and the slim second hand is detailed with a red accent.
发光的银色色调手填可以很容易地告诉白天或晚上的时间，并带有一个红色的口音详细纤细秒针。

5 . "Swell. " It sounded like "svelte. " He'd purged most of his accent nearly half a century ago, but now it had returned.
“太棒了。”听起来有点儿像“太笨了。”他的口音半世纪以前就都该了，可是现在又回来了。