emphasize表示強調，只能是動詞。

highlight表示顯著，亮點的意思，可以用作名詞

例如：The highlight of last week was we achieved our target.

emphasize

VERB 強調;重視To emphasize something means to indicate that it is particularly important or true, or to draw special attention to it.

But it"s also been emphasized that no major policy changes can be expected to come out of the meeting...

但是也已經強調過，此次會議預計不會帶來重大政策轉變。

Discuss pollution with your child, emphasizing how nice a clean street, lawn, or park looks.

highlights

VERB 使突出;強調;使注意If someone or something highlights a point or problem, they emphasize it or make you think about it.

Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless...

去年，柯林斯寫了一首動人的抒情歌曲，突出描繪了無家可歸者的苦境。

Once again, the "Free Press" prefers not to highlight these facts...

“自由新聞”組織再次故意不去突出強調這些事實。

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VERB （用熒光筆）標出;（在計算機螢幕上）突出顯示To highlight a piece of text means to mark it in a different colour, either with a special type of pen or on a computer screen.

Highlight the chosen area by clicking and holding down the left mouse button.

...the relevant maps with the route highlighted in yellow.

用黃色熒光筆標出路線的相關地圖

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N-COUNT 最有趣（或最精彩、最重要）的部分The highlights of an event, activity, or period of time are the most interesting or exciting parts of it.

...a match that is likely to prove one of the highlights of the tournament...

可能是本次聯賽中最精彩的比賽之一

The highlight of my day used to be cooking Meg a meal when she came in from work...

過去，我一天中最有意思的事就是在梅格下班回到家時為她做頓飯。

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N-PLURAL 挑染的頭髮;（頭髮經Sunny照射後產生強光效果的）淺色部分Highlights in a person"s hair are narrow lighter areas made by dyeing or sunlight.