名词口音; 重音; 腔调; 重音符号（标在字母上）
及物动词重读; 标注重音; 集中注意力
及物动词
1. The first syllable should be accented.
第一音节应当重读。
2. Throughout his speech the minister accented the gravity of the energy situation.
部长的演说自始至终强调能源形势的严重性。
名词
1. The Government put the accent on light industry.
政府注重轻工业。
2. Judging by her accent, she must be a Southerner.
从她的口音判断，她准是南方人。
3. He speaks with a strong southern accent.
他说话带有很浓的南方口音。
2. 重音符号：这个参数指定意大利字体的斜率,这个数值在给拉丁字幕标注重音符号(accent)的时候会变得很有用,因为这样就能够直接根据斜率计算重音符号的位置. 对于中文字体一没有意大利体之说,二没有重音符号之说,所以显然为0.
1. 腔调;口音;土音
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
e.g. He had developed a slight American accent.
他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。
2. （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.
3. 重点;强调;关注
If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.
accent
e.g. He is putting the accent on military readiness...
他强调要保持备战状态。
e.g. There is often a strong accent on material success.
经常大力强调物质成就。