underscored

英 [ˌʌndəˈskɔːd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈskɔːrd]

v.  在…下面划线; 强调; 着重说明
underscore的过去分词和过去式

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

• The G-20 meeting also underscored the importance of the need for further aid increases, improving aid effectiveness and good governance.
  20国集团会议还强调了进一步增加援助、提高援助效果和良政治理的重要性。
• That conclusion is underscored by a new study, which looks at the pollutants that go up smokestacks along with carbon dioxide.
  科学家们对烟囱中混合了二氧化碳的污染物进行了一项新研究，强调了这一结论。
• The downgrade provided no new facts but underscored fears that the world is a risky place.
  下调美国评级无甚新意，不过是凸显了以下担忧：当今世界是一个危险之地。
• He also underscored the close partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
  他还指出，美国与沙特阿拉伯有着密切的合作关系。
• Their discussions underscored the need to track OOT stability data, associated issues, and potential statistical or other approaches to establish OOT alert limits.
  讨论强调了追踪OOT稳定性数据的必要性，相关问题，以及确定OOT警戒限可以使用的统计学方法和其他方法。
• The importance of the results is underscored by the publication of an explanatory commentary in the journal's editorial.
  杂志的评论人员对此项结果的重要性进行了着重的解释和评论。
• Such extreme weather underscored the need to develop accurate long-range forecasts.
  这种极端的天气情况强化了发展准确的长期天气预报的需要。
• Both the proponents of the various proposals and other delegations had, on many occasions, underscored the importance of the development agenda for obvious and manifest reasons.
  多项议案的支持者和其他代表团出于显而易见的原因多次强调了发展议程的重要性。
• That fall underscored the nation's fast diminishing appetite for raw materials and weakening domestic consumer demand.
  这一下降突显了该国对原材料的需求在迅速减弱，国内消费者需求也逐渐疲软。
• The issue underscored the challenges Beijing authorities face in opening the city to the world.
  这也凸显出北京在开放性问题上面临的挑战。