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

• 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。
• Taiwan yesterday called on China to show concrete goodwill with regard to the island's participation in international organisations, underscoring the risks that could derail the two sides 'attempts to circumvent political differences and seek closer economic ties.
  台湾昨日呼吁中国大陆在台湾参与国际组织方面展现具体善意，突显在双方搁置政治分歧、寻求更紧密经济联系努力上存在出轨的风险。
• 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。
• McDonald's move into mochas and iced lattes has helped the fast food chain report its seventh consecutive month of increases in global sales this year, underscoring the resilience of its business model in the recession.
  麦当劳（McDonald's）进军摩卡和冰拿铁市场的举动，帮助这家快餐连锁企业今年连续第七个月实现全球销售增长，凸显出其商业模式在经济衰退时期的弹性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I came into these meetings underscoring the vital importance of launching a New Deal for Global Food Policy.
  我在会上强调了启动“全球食品政策新政”的极端重要性。
• The US was more reliant on the Middle East for its oil imports last year, underscoring the critical importance of the politically-unstable region for the country despite the growing energy independence its shale gas revolution is bringing.
  去年美国在石油进口方面对中东的依赖度上升，凸显出这一政治不稳定地区对于美国的重要性，尽管页岩气开发带来的能源革命使美国的能源独立性逐步上升。