special force or attention given to sth to show that it is particularly important
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
"the vehemence of his denial"
"his emphasis on civil rights"
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
There is not a sentence of strained emphasis or overwrought antithesis.
出自: J. Morley