exaggerate
vt. 夸张；夸大；对...言过其实
vi. 夸张；夸大其词
形容词：exaggerative 副词：exaggeratedly 名词：exaggeration 过去式：exaggerated 过去分词：exaggerated 现在分词：exaggerating 第三人称单数：exaggerates
近义词：overstate，amplify，embellish，embroider，magnify，stretch，overdo，enlarge，overstress，makeamountainoutofamolehill，inflate，layon，aggrandize，strengthen，lie，hyperbolize，overdraw，hyperbolise，
详细释义
v.(动词)
- 夸张，夸大，（对…）言过其实，夸大其词
- （使）扩大，放大，膨胀
- 使过大
- 使增大，增加
- 大惊小怪
- 看得太严重了
- 估计得过于
- 使逾常
- 过分强调
- 加强
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. & vi. (使)扩大,(使)增加 (cause to) enlarge or increase
- vt. & vi. 夸大,夸张 make too large; say or think sth greater than it is; overstate
英英释义
Verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- do something to an excessive degree;
"He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
组词搭配
～+名词
- exaggerate one's achievements夸大某人的成就
- exaggerate the difficulties夸大困难
- exaggerate the faults夸大错误
～+副词
- exaggerate a little夸大一点
- exaggerate somewhat有些言过其实
- exaggerate absurdly荒谬地夸大
- exaggerate crudely〔greatly〕过分夸张
- exaggerate grossly极其夸张
- exaggerate incredibly夸张得难以置信
- exaggerate purposely故意夸大
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.不要夸大那两件事的相似性。
- The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。
- He tends to exaggerate the difficulties.他往往夸大困难。
- We should neither exaggerate nor ignore the differences.虽然我们不能夸大这些不同，但是我们也不能忽视它们的存在。
- When they talk about something, they tend to exaggerate it.当他们谈论一件事情时，他们总喜欢夸大其词。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
- If you exaggerate, you will sound fantastically American.如果你发音夸张听起来会特别有美国味。
- During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate.面试时,有些面试者会有夸大的倾向。
词语用法
v.(动词)
- exaggerate的基本意思是“超越事实”,可指“(使…)显得大”,也指“扩大”,尤指“过分夸大”。 exaggerate既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。作“(使…)显得大”“扩大”解时,常接具体名词; 作“夸大，夸张”解时,常接抽象名词。 exaggerate与cannot连用意为“再夸大也不过分”。 exaggerate可用于被动结构。