If one thing, for example an action or an event, underlines another, it draws attention to it and emphasizes its importance.
例句
The report underlined his concern that standards were at risk...報告強調(diào)了他對道德水準可能會受影響所表示的關注。The decision to keep him in hospital for a second night underlines the seriousness of his injury...讓他在醫(yī)院再住一晚的決定表明了其傷勢的嚴重性。
VERB
在…下畫線
If you underline something 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.
例句
Underline the following that apply to you...在符合自身情況的項下畫線。Take two coloured pens and underline the positive and negative words.用兩支彩筆分別在表示肯定和否定意義的詞下面畫線。