intonate

1. Teachers at Hua make tremendous effort in guiding and coaxing students to pronounce, stress, and intonate words, phrases, and sentences correctly.
   花老师的老师们致力于引导我们的学生如何把字音、片语、甚至句音的发音、重音、及语调正确的表达出来。
2. I gave in and made him a new fingerboard with the frets cut to intonate perfectly at the slightly longer string length.
   我退让了，给他重新做了一个指板，用补偿过略长的弦长，配上完全音准的琴品（frets）。
3. With quite an old pen, I want to write out a long-lasting story to intonate my dream, my ever faith, and my ever perseverence.
   我想用一只最古典的笔写不老的歌来吟唱梦想，吟唱曾有过的信念与执着。

verb

1. recite with musical intonation
   1. The rabbi chanted a prayer

   Synonym:    chantintonecantillate

2. speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
   1. please intonate with sadness

   Synonym:    intone