underline
- v. 划线
- v. 强调
- n. 下划线
- n. 图注
- Definition
- v. to draw a line under a word
- v. to emphasize its importance
- n. a line drawn under a word
- n. a caption below a picture
- Example
- Please underline the important words in each sentence.
- 请在每句话中把重要的词划上下划线。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to emphasize the importance of something (verb).
比较义项：强调、突出某事的重要性（动词）。
- underline 本词
Common in everyday and spoken English, especially British usage; often used for emphasizing a point in speeches or casual conversation, not just formal writing.
常用于日常口语和英式英语，尤其用于演讲或对话中强调某个观点，而非仅限于正式书面语。
The coach's speech underlined the importance of teamwork before the big game.
教练赛前的讲话强调了团队合作的重要性。
- underscore
More formal, common in American English, business and journalistic writing; used to stress the seriousness or urgency of facts and figures.
更为正式，常见于美式英语及商务、新闻类书面语，用来强调事实或数据的严重性或紧迫性。
The CEO's memo underscored the urgency of cutting costs this quarter.
首席执行官的备忘录强调了本季度削减成本的紧迫性。
Underline and underscore both mean to emphasize the importance of something. Underline is more common in spoken and British English, used in speeches. Underscore is more formal, common in American business and news writing. Underline's meaning, to draw a line under text, is not compared.
这两个词在“强调重要性”这个意义上很接近，但underline更常用于口语和英式英语的演讲、对话场景，underscore更正式，常见于美式英语的商务和新闻写作。这里不比较underline“在文字下面画线”的字面义项。