To understand where the term comes from, imagine someone saying the word “AuSTRAlian” in a thick Australian accent.

如果想知道这句话是怎么来的，你只要想一想一个人在用浓重的澳大利亚口音发“AuSTRAlian”，你就会明白了。

youdao

I responded, "Fine," and after that one word, he asked where my accent came from.

我答，“挺好”，而就这一句话，他便问起我的口音来自哪里。

youdao

Unfortunately, I catch one word in ten: an impenetrable accent and unfamiliar vocabulary obscure the rest.

不幸的是，十个字里边我只抓住一个：难以理解的口音和生僻的词汇掩盖了一切。

youdao

I think that word "see" deserves the accent there, and so it's--the first unit of sound isn't quite normative.

我觉得“看“是重音，这是第一个音律不规则的地方。

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where the accent's totally different and I didn't understand a single word.

那里的口音完全不同，我一个词也听不懂。

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What constitutes an accent when you-- what is an accent in a given English word?

怎样确定一个重音呢？当你-,英文单词中的重音是什么？

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Although between his alcohol and his accent I couldn't comprehend a word he said, our exchange eventually made me decide that I felt a real kinship with the natives of Turks and Caicos.

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"We are the easiest target in the world for a couple of reasons, one our accent, it's called foie gras, it's a French word, " Daguin tells CNN.

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