an emphatic statement, answer, etc. is given with force to show that it is important 强调的;有力的 an emphatic denial/rejection 断然的否认/拒绝
(of a person )人 making it very clear what you mean by speaking with force 明确表示的;加强语气的 He was emphatic that he could not work with her. 他强调他不能与她共事。 She was equally emphatic about the importance of discipline. 她同样强调纪律的重要性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
an emphatic victory, win, or defeat is one in which one team or player wins by a large amount (胜负)明显的,突出的,显著的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
Word Originearly 18th cent.: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.