underscoring

英 [ˌʌndəˈskɔːrɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈskɔːrɪŋ]

v.  在…下面划线; 强调; 着重说明
underscore的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强调；突出；强化
  If something such as an action or an eventunderscoresanother, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance.
  1. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery...
     劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。
  2. The rash of accidental shootings underscores how difficult it will be to restore order here.
     一连串的意外枪击事件凸显了恢复该地区的秩序有多困难。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 underline


• VERB 在（字词、句子等）下画线
  If youunderscoresomething such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or give it extra importance.
  1. He heavily underscored his note to Shelley.
     他在给谢利的便条内容下面重重地画了线。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 underline

双语例句

• He cited a long-term view and patience as key, underscoring the importance of putting people first and creating a search engine designed by Chinese for Chinese.
  他引用了长期的观察和耐心的关键，强调以人为本的重要性，并创造一个搜索引擎设计为中国人。
• GATT had "contracting parties", underscoring the fact that officially GATT was a legal text.
  关贸总协定有“缔约方”，强调了关贸总协定正式而言是一个法律文本。
• Some favour underscoring this flexibility by calling the goal an objective rather than a target and setting no fixed time-frame over which to achieve it.
  一些人还赞成通过将其称为目标（objective）而非指标（target），以及避免设定实现它的具体时间框架，来强调这种灵活性。
• We can begin by showing leadership here today by underscoring that equality and non-discrimination are fundamental principles of the international community.
  今天，我们可以在这里以强调平等和非歧视为国际社会的基本原则开始，宣示领导的决心。
• This paper contributes to the issue of time-inconsistency and thereby underscoring the significance of commitment stability of government.
  本文通过研究在战略性贸易政策实施过程中的时间不一致性问题表明保持稳定的政府承诺的重要性。
• BEIJING& China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station on Thursday, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power over the coming decade.
  北京&周四中国启动了一项为未来空间站奠定基础的实验模块，在未来的十年强调其成为主要的空间力量的野心。
• The phrase "improve efficiency and effectiveness" runs like a red line throughout your documents, underscoring the objective of your strategies.
  “提高效率和有效性”的说法如红线般贯穿所有文件，强调了你们的战略目标。
• Many will never have travelled abroad or been official members of terrorist organisations, underscoring the growing problem facing intelligence and security agencies across Europe in tracking radical communities of home-grown terrorists.
  名单上的许多人从来没有出过国，也从来不是恐怖组织的正式成员，这突显了欧洲各国情报和安全机构在追踪由土生土长的恐怖分子构成的激进群体方面遇到的日益严重的问题。
• The fund is small, but it is not about the absolute size of the funds, but about underscoring that Hong Kong infrastructure is now ready and legally competent to offer renminbi products.
  她表示：这只基金的规模并不大，但此事的意义并不在于基金的绝对规模，而在于突显香港的基础设施和法规制度目前已经就位，有能力提供人民币产品。
• This is the lesson underscoring all the others.
  这条教训所有企业都应铭记在心。