exaggerate是什么意思？

exaggerate

英[ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt] 美[ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt]

• vt.&vi. （使）扩大，（使）增加，夸张；

过去式：exaggerated;

过去分词：exaggerated;

现在分词：exaggerating;

第三人称单数：exaggerates;

例句

• We can’t exaggerate his scientific attainment. 我们无法估量他在科学上的造诣。
• It is hard to exaggerate the disorienting pace of change in that period. 再怎么夸大那个年代的动荡都不为过分.
• This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting. 这个人言过其实,就会吹牛皮放大炮.
• Don't exaggerate. 别夸张。
• These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness. 这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
• There could be more unrest, but I wouldn't exaggerate the problems. 可能会有更大的动荡，不过我想也不必夸大问题。
• He was fatally driven to exaggerate his discontentment. 这使他的不快无限膨胀.
• These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness... 这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。
• Don't exaggerate... 别夸张。
• A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms... 画家可能会对线条和形状进行夸大或扭曲。

同义词

• vt.
  exaggerate的同义词之：夸张;放大
  magnify, overdo, stretch, overstate, enlarge,
• exaggerate的同义词之：其他释义
  stretch, magnify, aggrandize, enlarge, embellish, strengthen, amplify, embroider, overstate, overdo,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个动词均有"夸大，夸张" 的意思
  exaggerate：指有意或无意地夸张或夸大，含强烈"过火"意味。
  magnify：本义为"放大或扩大"，引申用与exaggerate含义类似，但不如exaggerate常用。

英语四级真题

they tend to exaggerate each other's positive qualities
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
It has been somewhat exaggerated.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

It exaggerated the city's economic problems.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
It exaggerates the side effects of goal-setting.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  夸大;夸张
  If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
  例句
  He thinks I'm exaggerating... 他觉得我在夸大其词。 Don't exaggerate... 别夸张。
• VERB
  突出;夸大
  If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
  例句
  These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness... 这些数字夸大了竞争力的丧失。 The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom. 那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  夸大, 夸张
  She always exaggerates when she tells something she's done. 每当她谈及自己所做的事时, 她总是言过其实。 He exaggerated the dangers of the trip in order to frighten them not into going. 他夸大了旅行的危险, 目的是恫吓他们, 以使他们不敢去。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
  "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
  2. do something to an excessive degree;
  "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"