underlines

英 [ˌʌndəˈlaɪnz]

美 [ˌʌndərˈlaɪnz]

v.  在(词语等下)画线; 画底线标出; 强调; 突现
underline的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强调；凸显
  If one thing, for example an action or an event,underlinesanother, it draws attention to it and emphasizes its importance.
  1. The report underlined his concern that standards were at risk...
     报告强调了他对道德水准可能会受影响所表示的关注。
  2. The decision to keep him in hospital for a second night underlines the seriousness of his injury...
     让他在医院再住一晚的决定表明了其伤势的严重性。
  3. But the incident underlines how easily things can go wrong.
     但这一事件也突出表明出差错是多么容易。
• VERB 在…下画线
  If youunderlinesomething such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or to give it extra importance.
  1. Underline the following that apply to you...
     在符合自身情况的项下画线。
  2. Take two coloured pens and underline the positive and negative words.
     用两支彩笔分别在表示肯定和否定意义的词下面画线。

双语例句

• This example underlines the consequences of bad management.
  这个例子突显了管理不好的后果。
• The auction underlines the difficulties faced by Baghdad as it seeks to rebuild the state.
  此次拍卖凸显了巴格达在寻求重建国家时所面临的困难。
• The episode underlines two things about global economic governance.
  这段插曲突显出关于全球经济治理的两个问题。
• [ The agreement] sets a new benchmark for LNG supplies into China and underlines Shell's commitment to Chinese LNG customers and to the Gorgon project, he said.
  他表示：（该协议）为向中国供应LNG设定了新的基准，并突出体现了壳牌对中国LNG客户和对高更项目的承诺。
• Own experience heavily underlines the dangers inherent in this sort of work.
  我自己的经验明显地突出了这类工作固有的那种危险。
• This contrast between 1968 and now underlines why talk of a new cold war is misleading.
  1968年与现在的强烈反差，突显出为什么新冷战的说法具有误导性。
• Citigroup's acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, underlines the continuing consolidation in the global custody industry.
  花旗收购所动用的资金额没有披露，这一收购突出了全球资产托管行业的持续整合。
• This underlines that you should use DOUBLE indexes if you want semantically correct numeric comparisons.
  这里强调了如果想从语义上进行正确的数值比较，则应使用DOUBLE索引。
• It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.
  这仅仅是更凸显了我们相当漠然的生活态度。
• But the incident underlines how easily things can go wrong.
  但这一事件也突出表明出差错是多么容易。