| emphasize, emphasise | vt 1. give emphasis to, menekankan, menegaskan, menitikberatkan: he ~d the importance of personal hygiene, dia menekankan pentingnya kebersihan diri; 2. stress (syllable, word, phrase) menekankan:“go to bed now,” he said, emphasising the last word, “pergi tidur sekarang,” katanya sambil menekankan kata yg terakhir; 3. reinforce, memperkuatkan lagi: his obvious sincerity ~s his warning, keikhlasannya yg ketara memperkuatkan lagi amarannya; 4. make sharper, clearer, memperjelas lagi: the sunlight ~s the shape of the mountain, cahaya matahari memperjelas lagi bentuk gunung itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| press 1 | vt 1. a. push firmly and steadily against, menekankan: he ~ed his hand to his chest, dia menekankan tangannya pd dadanya; she ~ed a shilling into the little boy’s hand, dia menekankan sekeping duit syiling ke dlm tapak tangan budak itu; b. push firmly and steadily against, i. (button, buzzer, etc) menekan, memicit: he had to ~ the bell a number of times before they came, dia terpaksa menekan loceng itu beberapa kali sebelum mereka datang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| strain 1 | ~ against, menekankan badan pd: the prisoner ~ed against the metal bars of the door and screamed at the guards, banduan itu menekankan badannya pd palang-palang besi pintu dan menjerit kpd pengawal-pengawal; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| press 1 | ~ home, a. (charges, arguments, etc) menekankan: he repeated the statement in order to ~ home the point, diulanginya kenyataan itu utk menekankan perkara itu; b. (assault etc) melancarkan secara besar-besaran: the attack was ~ed home despite heavy loss of lives, serangan itu telah dilancarkan secara besar-besaran walaupun ramai yg terkorban; ~ home/ an, o’s/ advantage, memanfaatkan kesempatan: when Kuwait began to rebuild its devastated city, many industrialised nations tried to ~ home their advantage, sewaktu Kuwait hendak membina semula bandar rayanya yg musnah, banyak negara industri mencuba memanfaatkan kesempatan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stress | vt 1. give particular importance to (st) emphasize, menekankan, menitikberatkan: the doctor ~ed the need for absolute cleanliness, doktor itu menekankan keperluan kebersihan secara mutlak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pettifogging | adj (derog) 1. (of person) unnecessarily concerned with small matters or unimportant details, menekankan perkara yg remeh-temeh: I’m fed up with those ~ lawyers, saya bosan dgn peguam-peguam yg menekankan perkara yg remeh-temeh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| imprint | vt 1. mark by means of pressure, menekan: he ~ed the wax with his seal, dia menekan lilin dgn tera; 2. press to leave mark, menekankan; (in the form of design, pattern) menera; (in the form of tyre mark, footprint, etc), (act.) meninggalkan kesan; (pass.) tertera: he ~ed his seal on the soft wax, dia menekankan teranya pd lilin yg cair itu; the document was ~ed with the Royal seal, dokumen itu ditera dgn cap mohor Diraja; the car ~ed its tyre mark on the sand, kereta itu meninggalkan kesan tayarnya pd pasir; a line of footmarks ~ed in the snow, deretan bekas tapak aki yg tertera pd salji; 3. stamp, (act.) menera; (pass.) tertera: the postmark is ~ed across the top of the letter, cap pos tertera pd bahagian atas surat itu; 4. fix deeply (on mind, memory, etc) tertera: his words remained ~ed on my mind, kata-katanya tertera dlm ingatan saya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| accent | vt 1. menekankan, mengaksenkan; 2. mark with accent, membubuh tanda /aksen, tekanan (bunyi)/ pd: the first "e" should be ~ed, tanda aksen hendaklah dibubuh pd huruf "e" yg pertama; 3. see ACCENTUATE (sense 2.); | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| highlight | vt 1. mark with coloured pen, menanda(i) dgn pen penyerlah: the whole paragraph was ~ed, seluruh perenggan itu ditandai dgn pen penyerlah; 2. (in make-up, hair-styling) menyerlahkan: luminous eye-shadow to ~ the eyes, pembayang mata yg berkilau-kilau utk menyerlahkan mata; 3. emphasize, menekankan, menonjolkan: this article ~s the problem of unemployment, makalah ini menekankan masalah pengangguran. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| emphasis | n 1. importance given to st, penekanan, penegasan: the ~ in this school is on academic work, penekanan di sekolah ini adalah kpd kerja-kerja ilmiah; /put, place, lay/ ~ on st, /meletakkan, memberikan/ /penekanan, penegasan/ pd sst, menitikberatkan sst; give ~ to, menekankan, menegaskan, menitikberatkan; 2. stress on syllable, word, phrase, tekanan: in the verb “increase”, the ~ falls on the last syllable, pd kata kerja “increase”, tekanannya adalah pd suku kata akhir. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |