A non-emphatic word or sound is one that is not stressed (= given more force or importance than others).

The distinction between emphatic and nonemphatic indefinite pronouns is marked only by the stress. 强调不定代词与非强调不定代词的差别只在于有没有标上重读。

One can describe intonation in terms of pairs of opposed features: "non-emphatic" and "emphatic", and "suspensive" and "final". 语调可以用成对的相反的特征来描述：“非重读的”与“重读的”，和“延留的”与“终结的”。

used for referring to a particular type of consonant in languages such as Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew

Arabic distinguishes between emphatic and non-emphatic consonants. 阿拉伯语区分强调和非强调辅音。