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。
• 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。
• This is the lesson underscoring all the others.
  这条教训所有企业都应铭记在心。
• Bringing the remains back to the Pantheon, he said, would be an act of reconciliation between those who voted for the republic and those who voted for the monarchy and their heirs& it's underscoring that this history belongs to Italy.
  他说，把他们的遗体送回万神殿，将是共和国的支持者与君主制及其后代的支持者的一次和解&这是在强调这段历史属于意大利。
• The reshuffle left observers confused over the strategy, underscoring the opaque nature of China's state enterprises.
  这一人事变动让观察人士对中移动的战略感到困惑，突显出中国国有企业的不透明性。
• Key to that change, he believes, is to devolve power and responsibility to local markets, as well as underscoring the importance of brands and serving the customer.
  他认为，改革的关键在于将权力和责任下放至当地市场，同时强调品牌和服务客户的重要性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。