To lay stress on; emphasize.

着重，强调将重音放在…上；强调。

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The first one is to lay stress on the role of persons.

其精神实质：一是重视和强调人的作用；二是注重提高人的综合素质。

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It is necessary to lay stress on the packing as well as the quality.

将重点放在包装上和在质量上是必要的。

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Gadamer acknowledges this, even insists on it as I say, but he doesn't lay stress on it because the gap that is implied in the need to be pulled up short is not a big one.

葛达玛承认，甚至坚持这点，正如我所说的，但他并不强调这个,因为“突然停下“所暗含的缺口,并不大。

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But problems in Iraq also persuaded Mr Bush to lay more stress on multilateral institutions during the summer of 2004.

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