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place more emphasis on sth. than on sth.

soundness 名词 n. [U]

1.

健康,健全

2.

殷实,有偿付能力

3.

坚实,牢固

4.

正确,合理;明智;妥当

5.

正统;保守

speculative adj.

1 based on guessing, not on information or facts

highly/purely/largely speculative

a purely speculative theory about life on other planets

2 bought or done in the hope of making a profit later:

speculative investments

3 if you give someone a speculative look, you look at them while trying to guess something about them

—speculatively adverb:

Delaney eyed her speculatively.

slap past tense and past participle slapped, present participleslapping

1 [transitive] to hit someone with the flat part of your hand [? punch]:

Sarah slapped Aaron across the face.

2 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry:

Giles slapped his cards down on the table.

3

 slap somebody on the back

to hit someone on the back in a friendly way, often as a way of praising them

4 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit a surface with a lot of force, making a loud sharp sound

slap against

Small waves slapped against the side of the boat.

slap somebody down 

phrasal verb

to rudely tell someone that their suggestions, questions, ideas etc are stupid

slap something ? on 

phrasal verb

1 to put or spread something quickly or carelessly onto a surface:

She ran upstairs and slapped on some make-up.

slap something on something

We could slap some paint on it.

2 to suddenly announce a new charge, tax etc or say that something is not allowed - used especially when you think this is unfair:

Many tour operators slap on supplements for single people.

slap something on something

In 1977, the president slapped a ban on the commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel.