accent, dialect
这两个词的意思其实并不相同, accent 是“乡音; 口音”,其标记体现在读音方面, dialect 是“方言”,其特点体现在不同的语法结构和词汇上。试比较下面两句:
He has a thick country accent.
他的乡土口音很重。
Cockney is the colourful dialect spoken in the East End of London.
伦敦土话是在伦敦东区流行的一种 非常生动的方言。
accent, stress
这两个词都可以作“重音; 重读”解,常可替换,不过在现代英语里accent 更常作“口音; 腔调”解,表示“重音”时较常用 stress。试比较下面两句:
He speaks English with a strong Chinese accent.
他说英语时带有浓重的中国腔。
He puts stresses on every vowel sound.
他强调每一个元音。
In the moralistic accents of today's leaders we hear echoes of a previous generation's hypocrisy.
在当今领导人的说教腔调中,我们感到了上一代人的伪善.
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Regional accents are still acceptable but there is to be a blitz on incorrect grammar.
地方口音还可以接受，但要下大力气纠正语法错误。
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Many people in Minnesota and Tennessee have noticeable regional accents.
明尼苏达州和田纳西州的许多人都有明显的地区口音。
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Gina does accents extremely well.
吉娜模仿口音惟妙惟肖。
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Makeup accents her good looks.
化妆使她显得更加美丽.
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He speaks with a mixture of accents.
他说话南腔北调.
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He does all kinds of accents, he can do jokes—he could be a stand-up comic.
他会模仿各种口音，还会讲笑话——他可以当个独角喜剧演员。
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You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all.
根据前文所述，你们可能以为法国人打算废除各种口音。事实并非如此。
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She continued, her accents sinking under a deep consciousness of degradation of the proposal.
她接着说,由于深深感到这一要求的屈辱性, 她的声音更低了.
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B Yes. Let me try and listen to the accents.
B是的.让我来听听他们的口音.
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Judging from your accents, you must be from the same place.
听你们的口音, 你们俩应该是小同乡吧!
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Similarly, John Williams'haunting score beautifully accents the film.
同时, 约翰·威廉姆斯的萦绕心头的动人乐曲为影片增色不少.
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Additional exclusive features include trim accents that correspond to the copper - colored illumination.
附加独有的功能包括装饰口音对应于铜彩色照明.
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Subtle Acqua accents are also featured in the interior.
柔和的湖蓝色调在内饰中也得到了应用.
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The examiners , for example, maybe from Australia , Newzealand, with all different accents.
其实考官也可能来自澳大利亚或新西兰, 他们也有各自的口音.
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