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

• Interest rates for Spanish public debt soared on Friday, underscoring investor concerns.
  西班牙的借贷利率星期五猛增，更加令投资人感到担忧。
• Taiwan reported a big bounce in gross domestic product for the third quarter yesterday. But figures from Singapore and the Philippines indicated possible weakness, underscoring the uncertain prospects of Asia's mid-sized economies.
  台湾昨日宣布第三季度GDP数据大幅回升，但新加坡和菲律宾的数据显示两国的经济增长可能较为疲弱，这突显出亚洲中等规模经济体经济前景尚有不确定性。
• But underscoring market fears, Rome was forced this week to sell bonds at record interest rates.
  但令市场尤其感到担忧的是，罗马这星期被迫以创记录的高利率出售债券。
• 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。
• But in the meantime, the State Department is underscoring U.S.political support for Georgian sovereignty.
  但是同时，国务院又强调了美国对格鲁吉亚主权的政治支持。
• Two Canadian pension funds and Temasek are to provide financial backing to a high-profile private equity fund looking to invest in China, underscoring rising overseas interest in the fledgling sector.
  加拿大的两只养老基金与新加坡的淡马锡（Temasek）决定，将为一个备受关注的、寻求在华投资的私人股本基金提供资金支持。此举突出表明，海外对这个新兴领域的兴趣与日俱增。
• On the campaign trail on the 16 April Mr Cameron defended his comments, rejecting suggestions he had offended China and underscoring that decisions on the nuclear deterrent had to be considered on a very long-term basis.
  在上周五的竞选活动中，卡梅隆为自己的言论辩护，否认自己冒犯了中国，并强调称，有关核威慑的决定必须着眼于很长的时期。
• But evidence underscoring the effects of paternal age on reproduction continues to accumulate.
  但是表明年龄确实影响生殖的证据在不断增加。
• US ethanol refiners are consuming more domestic corn than livestock and poultry farmers for the first time, underscoring how a government-supported biofuels industry has contributed to surging grain demand.
  美国乙醇精炼商消耗的国内玉米数量将首次超过家畜和家禽饲养者，这显示出，这个得到政府支持的生物燃料行业，如何推动了谷物需求的飙升。